[ESS] ESS on CentOS 5 throwing errors

[Emmanuel Levy]

Hello,

I tried to install ESS on a CentOS machine (unfortunately no choice on
the OS...).

However when I start xemacs (installed from EPEL) I get the following
error messages (copied below).

Any idea what this mean?

Thanks for any help,

Emmanuel

=============================================
The last ESS version (ess-12.04-4) is in /root/bin/ and is loaded by
the command:

(load "/root/bin/ess-12.04-4/lisp/ess-site.el")

which is in /root/.xemacs/init.el

=============================================

(1) (initialization/error) An error has occurred while loading
/root/.xemacs/init.el:

Cannot open load file: "executable"

Backtrace follows:

  signal(file-error ("Cannot open load file" "executable"))
  # bind (handler path nosuffix nomessage noerror filename)
  load("executable" nil require nil)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  require(executable)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  load-internal("ess-custom" nil require nil undecided)
  # bind (handler path nosuffix nomessage noerror filename)
  load("ess-custom" nil require nil)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  require(ess-custom)
  (progn (require (quote ess-custom)))
  (eval-and-compile (require (quote ess-custom)))
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  load-internal("ess" nil require nil undecided)
  # bind (handler path nosuffix nomessage noerror filename)
  load("ess" nil require nil)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  require(ess)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  load-internal("ess-mode" nil require nil undecided)
  # bind (handler path nosuffix nomessage noerror filename)
  load("ess-mode" nil require nil)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  require(ess-mode)
  # bind (force)
  ess-toggle-underscore(force-to-S-assign)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  load-internal("ess-s-l" nil require nil undecided)
  # bind (handler path nosuffix nomessage noerror filename)
  load("ess-s-l" nil require nil)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  require(ess-s-l)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  load-internal("ess-r-d" nil require nil undecided)
  # bind (handler path nosuffix nomessage noerror filename)
  load("ess-r-d" nil require nil)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  require(ess-r-d)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  load-internal("/root/bin/ess-12.04-4/lisp/ess-site.el" nil nil nil undecided)
  # bind (handler path nosuffix nomessage noerror filename)
  load("/root/bin/ess-12.04-4/lisp/ess-site.el")
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  load-internal("/root/.xemacs/init.el" t t t undecided)
  # bind (handler path nosuffix nomessage noerror filename)
  load("/root/.xemacs/init.el" t t t)
  load-user-init-file()
  #<compiled-function nil "...(10)" [init-file-had-error
load-user-init-file-p load-user-init-file nil] 2>()
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  call-with-condition-handler(#<compiled-function
(__load_init_file_arg__) "...(26)" [init-file-had-error user-init-file
__load_init_file_arg__ errstr error-message-string message "Error in
init file: %s" lwarn initialization error "An error has occurred while
loading %s:\n\n%s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s\n\nTo ensure normal
operation, you should investigate the cause of the error\nin your
initialization file and remove it.  Use the `-debug-init' option\nto
XEmacs to enter the debugger when the error occurs and investigate
the\nexact problem."
backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler t] 8>
#<compiled-function nil "...(10)" [init-file-had-error
load-user-init-file-p load-user-init-file nil] 2>)
  # (condition-case ... . ((error)))
  # bind (debug-on-error debug-on-error-from-init-file
debug-on-error-should-be-set debug-on-error-initial)
  load-init-file()
  # bind (command-line-args-left)
  command-line()
  # (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code "	 ‡" [error-data data nil] 1))))
  # bind (error-data)
  normal-top-level()
  # (condition-case ... . error)
  # (catch top-level ...)


To ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause of the error
in your initialization file and remove it.  Use the `-debug-init' option
to XEmacs to enter the debugger when the error occurs and investigate the
exact problem.