Build R package from source error: no packages specified

[JiaRu2016]

I want to build and install xgboost R package from source, following steps
in https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/blob/master/doc/build.rst#r-package-installation

git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
cd xgboost
git submodule init
git submodule update
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DR_LIB=ON
make -j$(nproc)
make install

the last step make install throws Error:

I'v tried to build shared library seperately and it works well, so it looks like the problem it specific to R package.

Environment Info:
System: Ubuntu 18.04
R version: 3.6.2
xgboost branch: release_1.0.0

[trivialfis]

I can't reproduce ..

[JiaRu2016]

I'v tried:

cd path/to/xgboost/R-package
R CMD INSTALL .

it seems installed succesfully. but I wonder Is it "correct" way to install R package?

[trivialfis]

This is the CRAN way of installing R package, which means you will get a strictly built R package with minimal functionality.

[hcho3]

More on "minimal functionality" comment: It means that you won't have access to gpu_hist and other features that involves the use of NVIDIA GPUs. You'll want to use the method in https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/blob/master/doc/build.rst#r-package-installation if you want to use GPU algorithms.

[trivialfis]

@hcho3 Nor cpu prefetching I assume?

[hcho3]

@trivialfis Yes.

[hcho3]

Fixed by #5764. See the updated build instruction at https://xgboost.readthedocs.io/en/latest/build.html#installing-the-development-version-linux-mac-osx