General steps to compile JAGS in a Linux based OS system and install rjags in R

I have an entry here about how to install JAGS and rjags in Fedora.  However, I have exchanged emails with Robert Dorazio and Dr. Martyn Plummer.  Here are the easier steps to compile JAGS and install rjags in R.

1. After you extract the source code of JAGS, go to the folder where the JAGS makefile is using a terminal.

cd JAGS-2.1.0

2. In a terminal, type the following
sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr

sudo make
sudo make install

3. The step 2 will help your system to identify where the JAGS is.  So in R, you can simply install rjags as:

install.package("rjags")

Of course, once you can install rjags successfully in R, you can install our R2jags package as well:

install.package("R2jags")