the installation of rpy2 an amazon linux via
sudo pip-2.7 install rpy2
fails with
In file included from ./rpy/rinterface/_rinterface.c:58:0:
./rpy/rinterface/_rinterface.h:8:15: fatal error: R.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
Installation by compilation of the source fails in the same manner. sudo python2.7 setup.py install
complete log at: https://gist.github.com/4362543
The answer was to install the R-development files with: