[Rd] Implementing R on IBM p690 cluster Jump

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 11 May 2005, Ralf Seppelt wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> we're trying to implement R on the IBM p690 cluster "Jump" at the research 
> centre in Jülich, Germany (c.f. 
> http://www.fz-juelich.de/nic/Supercomputer/computer-e.html)
> using the most recent version of R (2.1.0) and precisly following the 
> installation instructions.

I don't think there are precise installation instructions for AIX 5.2.0.
You should be aware that AIX is a very peculiar OS, and only experience 
with it is relevant.  You seem to be missing a library containing those 
.foo entry points, but this is a module and modern OSes do not require all 
symbols to satisfied in a module (nor do they require import lists).

You should also be aware that R has beta-test periods for new versions, 
and nothing was heard from any AIX user during that for 2.1.0.  So it must 
have worked smoothly for all of them (if there are any left).

>
> After ./configure we get the final message:
> ----------------
> R is now configured for powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0
>
>  Source directory:          .
>  Installation directory:    /usr/local
>
>  C compiler:                gcc -mno-fp-in-toc -g -O2
>  C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
>  Fortran compiler:          f77  -g
>
>  Interfaces supported:      X11, tcltk
>  External libraries:        readline, BLAS(ESSL)
>  Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, MBCS, NLS
>  Options enabled:           R profiling
>
>  Recommended packages:      yes
>
> configure: WARNING: you cannot build info or html versions of the R manuals
> configure: WARNING: I could not determine a browser
>
> --------------
> After make we get
>
> ufzaloe at j36.!:
> ufzaloe at j36.!: make
> ...
>        gcc -Wl,-bM:SRE -Wl,-H512 -Wl,-T512 -Wl,-bnoentry -Wl,-bexpall 
> -Wl,-bI:../../../etc/R.exp -L/usr/local/lib -o R_X11.so  dataentry.lo 
> devX11.lo rotated.lo rbitmap.lo -lSM -lICE -lX11  -ljpeg -lpng -lz
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .log10
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .floor
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .libintl_gettext
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .pow
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .sin
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .cos
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .tan
> ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more 
> information.
> collect2: ld returned 8 exit status
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
> Stop.
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2.
> Stop.
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
> Stop.
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
> Stop.
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
> ---------------
>
> Before bugging the administiors in Jülich, we would like to ask the R 
> consortium: Are there any related experiences from people who worked on the 
> implementation of R on different platforms?
>
> Thanks for help
>
> Ralf Seppelt & Carsten Dormann
>
> PS: the configure log-file is attached to this mail.
>
>
> -- 
> Dr. Ralf Seppelt
> Professor at Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg
> Head of Dept. for Applied Landscape Ecology
> Environmental Reasearch Centre (UFZ) Leipzig Halle
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>
>
>

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