[Rd] about R CMD check

[Uwe Ligges]

xt_wang at cse.concordia.ca wrote:

> hello,
> 
> I create a package which includes C code and Lapack. But when I run " R CMD
> check ". an error message, "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfrtbegin " occurs. could
> you tell me what is the problem?

OS? R version? Self compiled or rpm/apt get?
Why do you check "var" when the package claims to be called "WXT"?
Before any checking it is a good idea to try R CMD INSTALL ... (which 
does not work either, I guess).

Uwe Ligges




> the detailed message is as follows:
> [credsim at confsys ~/src]$ R CMD check var
> * checking for working latex ... OK
> * using log directory '/home/credsim/src/var.Rcheck'
> * checking for file 'var/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
> 
> * Installing *source* package 'WXT' ...
> ** libs
> gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include  -I/usr/local/include -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -mieee-fp 
> -fPIC  -O2 -g -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -c 1221.c -o 1221.o
> 1221.c: In function `Matrix_A_12':
> 1221.c:773: warning: passing arg 3 of `dpotrf_' from incompatible pointer type
> 1221.c:774: warning: passing arg 4 of `dpotrs_' from incompatible pointer type
> 1221.c: In function `Matrix_A_1':
> 1221.c:1037: warning: passing arg 3 of `dpotrf_' from incompatible pointer type
> 1221.c:1038: warning: passing arg 4 of `dpotrs_' from incompatible pointer type
> 1221.c: In function `Matrix_A_2':
> 1221.c:1289: warning: passing arg 3 of `dpotrf_' from incompatible pointer type
> 1221.c:1290: warning: passing arg 4 of `dpotrs_' from incompatible pointer type
> gcc -shared -L/usr/local/lib -o WXT.so 1221.o -L/usr/lib/R/bin -lRlapack 
> -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2
> -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/../../.. -lfrtbegin -lg2c -lm
> -lgcc_s
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfrtbegin
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [WXT.so] Error 1
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'WXT'
> ** Removing '/home/credsim/src/var.Rcheck/WXT'
>  ERROR
> Installation failed.
> 
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