[BioC] Trouble installing 'makecdfenv'

[Robert Gentleman]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:26:53PM -0800, Jim Breaux wrote:
> I am having trouble installing the latest release of 'makecdfenv,' and I am
> hoping someone can help me out.  When I tried to install the source package,
> I got the following errors after calling "Rcmd INSTALL
> makecdfenv_1.4.1.tar.gz":

  It looks like you only have the Unix version and it won't install 
 on windows. I'm not sure what has happened to the windows version but
 we will look into it and you should see a working version for windows
 in the next day or so.

 Robert

> 
> --------- Making package makecdfenv ------------
> 
>    **********************************************
>    WARNING: this package has a configure script
>          It probably needs manual configuration
>    **********************************************
> 
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>   making DLL ...
> making read_cdffile.d from read_cdffile.c
> read_cdffile.c:52:19: warning: zlib.h: No such file or directory
> gcc  -DHAVE_ZLIB=1  -IM:/PROGRA~1/R/rw1081/src/include -Wall -O2   -c
> read_cdffile.c -o read_cdffile.o
> read_cdffile.c:52:19: zlib.h: No such file or directory
> read_cdffile.c: In function `openCELfile':
> read_cdffile.c:581: warning: implicit declaration of function `gzopen'
> read_cdffile.c:581: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a
> cast
> read_cdffile.c:586: warning: implicit declaration of function `gzgets'
> read_cdffile.c:589: warning: implicit declaration of function `gzrewind'
> read_cdffile.c: In function `openCDFfile':
> read_cdffile.c:623: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a
> cast
> read_cdffile.c: In function `close_affy_file':
> read_cdffile.c:663: warning: implicit declaration of function `gzclose'
> read_cdffile.c: In function `readline_affy_file':
> read_cdffile.c:679: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a
> cast
> read_cdffile.c: In function `readQC':
> read_cdffile.c:908: warning: unused variable `param_unit'
> make[2]: *** [read_cdffile.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [srcDynlib] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-makecdfenv] Error 2
> *** Installation of makecdfenv failed ***
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Where is the file 'zlib.h' supposed to come from (it doesn't appear to be in
> 'makecdfenv_1.4.1.tar.gz')?
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions that might help me get this to work?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> 
> Jim
> 
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