# R Snippets / Rserve version warnings

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**Created:** [September 12, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/r-snippets-rserve-version-warnings/12059 "2018-09-12T19:53:32Z")\
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You may also install an earlier R version instead, e.g. 3.4.3, if you don’t depend on changes in the R 3.5 versions.

> Is there another way to get a compiled version of Rserve 1.8.6?

You could try omitting the `type="source"` parameter, it _may_ work. If it fails, it will fall back to asking you whether you want to be building from source instead, though.

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