Updated obsolete installation instructions

Fixed local compilation, and installation for R package and Python
package. Modified the according documents.
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@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ There are several ways to install the package:
cd python-package; python setup.py develop --user
```
4. If you are installing the latest xgboost version which require compilation, add MinGW to the system PATH:
```python
import os
os.environ['PATH'] = os.environ['PATH'] + ';C:\\Program Files\\mingw-w64\\x86_64-5.3.0-posix-seh-rt_v4-rev0\\mingw64\\bin'
```
## R Package Installation
You can install R package from cran just like other packages, or you can install from our weekly updated drat repo:
@@ -162,9 +169,10 @@ You can install R package from cran just like other packages, or you can install
install.packages("drat", repos="https://cran.rstudio.com")
drat:::addRepo("dmlc")
install.packages("xgboost", repos="http://dmlc.ml/drat/", type = "source")
```
If you would like to use the latest xgboost version and already compiled xgboost, use `library(devtools); install('xgboost/R-package')` to install manually xgboost package (change the path accordingly to where you compiled xgboost).
For OSX users, single threaded version will be installed, to install multi-threaded version.
First follow [Building on OSX](#building-on-osx) to get the OpenMP enabled compiler, then:
@@ -181,13 +189,21 @@ First follow [Building on OSX](#building-on-osx) to get the OpenMP enabled compi
```
Due to the usage of submodule, `install_github` is no longer support to install the
latest version of R package. To install the latest version,
latest version of R package. To install the latest version run the following bash script,
```bash
git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
cd xgboost
make Rbuild
R CMD INSTALL xgboost_0.4-3.tar.gz
git submodule init
git submodule update
alias make='mingw32-make'
cd dmlc-core
make -j4
cd ../rabit
make lib/librabit_empty.a -j4
cd ..
cp make/mingw64.mk config.mk
make -j4
```
## Trouble Shooting