[Rd] Install package 'Matrix' problem

[Prof Brian Ripley]

We need more information, at the minimum the line which compiled 
CHMfactor.o.  Can you make the install log (you may need to run this 
again) and your etc/Makeconf available on-line?

At first sight your C++ compiler is missing -m64: the R-admin manual 
says

'For a 64-bit target add -m64 to the compiler macros and use something 
like LDFLAGS=-L/opt/csw/lib/sparcv9 or LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib/amd64 
as appropriate.'

I see I used

CC="cc -xc99 -m64"
CFLAGS="-O -xlibmieee"
F77="f95 -m64"
FFLAGS=-O4
CXX="CC -m64 -library=stlport4"
CXXFLAGS=-O
FC=$F77
FCFLAGS=$FFLAGS
LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib/sparcv9
FCLIBS="-lfai -lfsu -lfai2"

in config.site.  And BTW, it is always worth checking the manuals of 
current R-patched: your compiler postdates the pre-release period for 
R 2.12.0.

On Wed, 1 Dec 2010, Zhang,Jun wrote:

> 64-bit R-2.12.0 was installed on Sun SPARC Solaris 10. Compiler used is solstudio12.2. Attached is the configure script.
> I then tried to install a recommended package called Matrix. The compilation failed with the following messages,
> .......

> CC -library=stlport4 -G -L/opt/csw/lib/sparcv9 
> -L/opt/solstudio12.2/prod/lib/v9 -o Matrix.so CHMfactor.o Csparse.o 
> TMatrix_as.o Tsparse.o init.o Mutils.o chm_common.o cs.o cs_utils.o 
> dense.o dgCMatrix.o dgTMatrix.o dgeMatrix.o dpoMatrix.o dppMatrix.o 
> dsCMatrix.o dsyMatrix.o dspMatrix.o dtCMatrix.o dtTMatrix.o 
> dtrMatrix.o dtpMatrix.o factorizations.o ldense.o lgCMatrix.o 
> sparseQR.o abIndex.o CHOLMOD.a COLAMD.a AMD.a 
> -L/apps/sparcv9/R-2.12.0/lib/R/lib -lRlapack 
> -L/apps/sparcv9/R-2.12.0/lib/R/lib -lRblas -lifai -lsunimath -lfai 
> -lfai2 -lfsumai -lfprodai -lfminlai -lfmaxlai -lfminvai -lfmaxvai 
> -lfui -lfsu -lsunmath -lmtsk -lm

> ld: fatal: file CHMfactor.o: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
> ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to Matrix.so
> make: *** [Matrix.so] Error 2
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Matrix'
> * removing '/apps/sparcv9/R-2.12.0/lib/R/library/Matrix'
>
> Some article suggests theorectically that ld or compiler driver

You need to give references for what you are quoting here (there is 
much misinformation on the Internet).  I suspect it is simply that you 
didn't specify the C++ compiler correctly.

> first sees a component .o file which is 32-bit (don't know which one 
> here), and decides that other components should be 32-bit, too, 
> hence the error message, since CHMfactor.o must be a 64-bit object. 
> I just don't know what is the practical way to avoid this situation. 
> I guess I'm posting in the right list, can somebody help?

Maybe, but really your local IT support is there to help your use of 
your OS: this is a Solaris issue, not an R one.

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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