[Rd] Installing R-2.2.0 package

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Dean, David P wrote:

>> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:42 AM
>> To: Uwe Ligges
>> Cc: Paul Gilbert; r-devel at r-project.org; Dean, David P
>> Subject: Re: [Rd] Installing R-2.2.0 package
>>
>> It works on Solaris 8 for me, and this is checked as part of the
>> alpha/beta process.
>>
>> The code is the same on Linux and Solaris, after all, so this would have
>> to be a Solaris shell bug.
>
> I'm on Solaris 8 as well. R is compiled for 64-bits, but I wouldn't expect
> that to be a factor.

I tested this on a 64-bit setup, as it happens.

> R was built and is run in an environment created with
> OpenPKG and containing GNU equivalents to many utilities -- so it's not a
> stock Solaris setup.

I hope /bin/sh is Solaris and not bash.

> I'm not familiar with R internals but will be happy to try to debug if I
> can. Does the installer call out to the shell somehow? Where would I start
> to look for the relevant code?

INSTALL _is_ a shell script.

Rather than mess about with past code, can you first please try the 
current R-patched (see the FAQ) as I will shortly not have R-2.2.0 on 
Solaris but rather R-patched (I already have R-devel in 4 flavours).

>
> Thanks!
> David Dean
>> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>
>>> Paul Gilbert wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dean, David P wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear list,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've just installed R-2.2.0 under Solaris and have a question about
>>>>>> installing packages. If a package fails to install for any reason and
>>>>>> I go
>>>>>> to install another package, I get this message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ R-2.2.0-64bit --vanilla CMD INSTALL
>>>>>> ~/srca/cran/RSQLite_0.4-0.tar.gz ERROR: failed to lock directory
>>>>>> '/app/openpkg/lib/R-2.2.0-64bit/lib/R/library' for modifying
>>>>>> Try removing '/app/openpkg/lib/R-2.2.0-64bit/lib/R/library/00LOCK'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can remove the lock directory by hand, and then the next package
>>>>>> installs,
>>>>>> but this makes it quite difficult to download and install a batch of
>>>>>> packages from CRAN or Biocondctor! Is this lock directory a new
>>>>>> feature with
>>>>>> R-2.2.0? Is there a work around in the R build itself or the
>>>>>> installation
>>>>>> scripts?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No, not a new feature in R-2.2.0, it has been there for some time now.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I have the impression the feature behaves slightly differently as of
>>>> R-2.2.0. Now the 00LOCK file is not removed in Solaris when there is an
>>>> unsuccessful install. (In Linux I think it does get removed.)
>>>
>>> Yes, under both Linux and Windows it is removed.
>>>
>>> Can anybody else check on Solaris, please? Or can David Dean debug on
>>> his machine?
>>>
>>> In particular, we need exact system information, because it seems to be
>>> an OS/platform specific problem.
>>>
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Paul Gilbert
>>>>
>>>>> After a *successful* installation, the 00LOCK directory should be
>>>>> deleted by the installation tools themselves.
>>>>> After an unsuccessful installation, the installation tools should
>>>>> restore the stuff in the 00LOCK directory.
>>>>> Do you abort the installtion manually (this is the only way I figured
>>>>> out how not to remove 00LOCK automatically)?
>>>>>
>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Much thanks!!!
>>>>>> --------------------- David P Dean
>>>>>> Research Informatics
>>>>>> PGRD Groton Labs
>>>>>> (860)-441-5053
>>>>>> david.p.dean at pfizer.com
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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
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