[BioC] Problem installing hexbin?

[Seth Falcon]

Hi Sander,

Sander Oom <slist at oomvanlieshout.net> writes:
> I have a problem installing hexbin from bioconductor:
>
>> biocLite(c("hexbin"))
>
> Running bioCLite version 0.1  with R version  2.2.1
>
> Running biocinstall version 1.1  with R version  2.2.1
> trying URL
> 'http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/bioc/1.7/src/contrib/hexbin_1.4.0.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 491520 bytes
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 480Kb
>
> * Installing *source* package 'hexbin' ...
> ** libs
> gfortran   -fPIC   -c hbin.f -o hbin.o
>  In file hbin.f:1
>
>        subroutine hbin(x,y,cell,cnt,xcm,ycm, size, shape,
>                                                        1
> Error: Symbol 'shape' at (1) has no IMPLICIT type
> make: *** [hbin.o] Error 1
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'hexbin'
> ** Removing '/usr/lib/R/library/hexbin'

I suspect the issue is with your Fortran compiler.  What does gfortran
--version report?