[BioC] Problem with xps package installation on Mac platform

[cstrato]

Great, if you have any further questions let me know.
Christian

Steve Shen wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> Problem solved! Thanks so much,
>
> Steve
>
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 2:26 PM, cstrato <cstrato at aon.at 
> <mailto:cstrato at aon.at>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Steve,
>
>     The error message tells you that you are using the wrong
>     architecture, i.e. you are trying to compile xps for 64 bit but it
>     seems that you have installed the root binary for 32 bit. The
>     solution is either to compile xps for 32 bit (but see below) or
>     you need to compile root for 64 bit since there is no 64 bit binary.
>
>     If you want to compile 64 bit root you need to install the correct
>     gfortran and delete two lines in "root/config/Makefile.macosx64",
>     see my last message in:
>     http://root.cern.ch/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9721&highlight=&sid=fcd8aab3501bcd3a059a1338a21a65f9
>     <http://root.cern.ch/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9721&highlight=&sid=fcd8aab3501bcd3a059a1338a21a65f9>
>     In this matter Simon was very helpful, see the discussion at:
>     https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2010-January/007049.html
>
>     One more issue:
>     If you decide to stay with 32 bit root you need to install
>     root_5.24/00 since root_5.26/00 has a bug preventing xps to work
>     correctly. If you want to compile 64 bit root you need to download
>     either the latest root version from svn or you need to stay with
>     root_5.24/00.
>
>     Please let me know if you could solve the problems or if you need
>     further information.
>
>     Best regards
>     Christian
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>
>     steve shen wrote:
>
>         Dear Christian,
>
>         A first time user to xps tried to install xps on Mac OS X
>         10.5.8 System. Installation seemed ok, load library failed.
>         Below is what I have done for installation and error message
>         after loading library. A complete installation log message is
>         attached. Could you please help me to diagnose what caused the
>         problem? Thanks so much,
>
>         Steve
>
>         new-host:Downloads xxx$ R --arch=x86_64 --no-multiarch CMD
>         INSTALL xps_1.6.4.tar.gz
>
>         * installing to library ‘~/Library/R/2.10/library’
>         * installing *source* package ‘xps’ ...
>         checking for gcc... gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -std=gnu99
>         checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>         checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>         checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>         checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of
>         object files... o
>         checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
>         checking whether gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -std=gnu99 accepts -g... yes
>         checking for gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -std=gnu99 option to accept
>         ANSI C... none needed
>         checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64
>         -std=gnu99 -E
>         checking for gcc... (cached) gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -std=gnu99
>         checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
>         checking whether gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -std=gnu99 accepts -g...
>         (cached) yes
>         checking for gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -std=gnu99 option to accept
>         ANSI C... (cached) none needed
>         checking for root-config... yes
>         found ROOT version 5.26/00 in directory /Applications/root
>         ** libs
>         ** arch - x86_64
>
>         .....
>
>         ln -sf xps.dylib xps.so
>         ** R
>         ** inst
>         ** preparing package for lazy loading
>         ** help
>         *** installing help indices
>         ** building package indices ...
>         * DONE (xps)
>
>         new-host:Downloads xxx$ R --arch=x86_64
>
>         > library(xps)
>         Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :   unable to
>         load shared library
>         '~/Library/R/2.10/library/xps/libs/x86_64/xps.so':
>          dlopen(~/Library/R/2.10/library/xps/libs/x86_64/xps.so, 6):
>         no suitable image found.  Did find:
>         ~/Library/R/2.10/library/xps/libs/x86_64/xps.so: mach-o, but
>         wrong architecture
>         Error: package/namespace load failed for 'xps'
>
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
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