[Rd] R-2.11.1 build and 'so' libraries withouth the 'lib' prefix//update

[Simon Urbanek]

On Jul 12, 2010, at 2:50 PM, lI wrote:

> On Monday 12 July 2010 11:07:23 lI wrote:
>> On Monday 12 July 2010 10:29:30 lI wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>> 
>>> I have a computer with the following setup:
>>> 1)cblfs (pure 64-bit (amd64) linux), kernel2.6.34 gcc4.4.2
>>> 2)R-2.11.1
>>> 
>>> I compiled R with BLAS and lapack  using the switched  ( --with-blas="-
>>> lpthread -latlas  -lfptf77blas"
>>> --with-lapack="-llapack -lcblas"  ).
>>> (( http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Linear-algebra) )
>>> 
>>> Prior to compiling R-2.11.1
>>> sh conigure --help   gave  options including  the following
>>> SHLIB_LD         command for linking shared libraries
>>>                which contain object files  from a C or Fortran compiler
>>> only SHLIB_LDFLAGS   special flags used by SHLIB_LD
>>> SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS   special flags used by SHLIB_CXXLD
>>> SHLIB_FCD   command for linking shared libraries which contain object
>>> files from the Fortran 95 compiler
>>> SHLIB_FCLDFLAGS  special flags used by SHLIB_FCLD
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I did not know what to set for these   and accepted whatever the defaults
>>> were.  I ended up with shared-libraries which are  as  follows:-
>>> 
>>> $R_HOME/lib/{libRblas.so,libRlapack.so  }  i.e. with   the prefix 'lib'
>>> and the following shared-libraries  without the 'lib' prefix.
>>> 
>>> $R_HOME/modules/{R_X11.so,internet.so,lapack.so,vfonts.so }
>>> $R_HOME/library/cluster/libs/cluster.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/foreign/libs/foreign.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/grDevices/libs/grDevices.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/grid/libs/grid.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/KernSmooth/libs/KernSmooth.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/lattice/libs/lattice.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/MASS/libs/MASS.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/Matrix/libs/Matrix.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/methods/libs/methods.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/mgcv/libs/mgcv.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/nlme/libs/nlme.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/nnet/libs/nnet.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/rpart/libs/rpart.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/spatial/libs/spatial.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/splines/libs/splines.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/stats/libs/stats.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/survival/libs/survival.so
>>> $R_HOME/library/tools/libs/tools.so
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In linux builds   the linker usually looks for libs with the 'lib' 
>>> prefix. In this installation  all the libraries
>>> ---in $R_HOME/modules
>>> ---in $R_HOME/library/patha/to/whatevr
>>> 
>>> do not have the   'lib' prefix.
>>> 
>>> QUESTION:
>>> A) does any on list know   SHLIB_LD   SHLIB_LDFLAGS  SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS
>>> SHLIB_FCD   SHLIB_FCLDFLAGS    settings for compiling R  and do these
>>> result in  so libs with the 'lib' prefix?
>>> B) If all of A) is negative what is there to be done to    to enable
>>> generation   libraries in $R_HOME/modules $R_HOME/library/~  with the
>>> 'lib' prefix?
>> 
>> I forgot to add     my configure/make  options.  These were:-
>> ########################
>> export BUILD64="-m64"
>> sh configure \
>> CC="gcc $BUILD64" \
>> CXX="g++ $BUILD64" \
>> F77="gfortran  $BUILD64" \
>> FC="gfortran  $BUILD64" \
>> JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME \
>> LIBnn=lib64 \
>> CPPFLAGS="-I$ATLAS_HOME/include -I/opt/acml4.4.0/gfortran64_mp/include  -
>> I/opt/acml4.4.0/gfortran64/include -I/usr/local/numerics/include" \
>> LDFLAGS="-L$ATLAS_HOME/lib  -L/opt/acml4.4.0/gfortran64_mp/lib -
>> L/usr/local/numerics/lib -L/usr/lib" \
>> --prefix=/opt/TEST/R-2.11.1 \
>> --x-includes=$XORG_PREFIX/include \
>> --x-libraries=$XORG_PREFIX/lib \
>> --with-tcl-config=/usr/lib  \
>> --with-tk-config=/usr/lib \
>> --with-system-zlib=/usr  \
>> --with-system-bzlib=/usr \
>> --with-system-pcre=/usr  \
>> --with-x  \
>> --with-libpth-prefix=/usr \
>> --with-libintl-prefix=/usr \
>> --with-blas="-lpthread -latlas  -lfptf77blas" \
>> --with-lapack="-llapack -lcblas" \
>> --enable-R-shlib \
>> --enable-BLAS-shlib
>> ################
>> 
>> The sources  compiled trouble-free.   with  'make'  as normal user.
>> I then ran  'make install' as  super-user  and int installed in the prefix
>> as set..
>> 
>> A reply to the following questions would be much appreciateed:-
>> QUESTION:
>> A) does any on list know   SHLIB_LD   SHLIB_LDFLAGS  SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS
>> SHLIB_FCD   SHLIB_FCLDFLAGS    settings for compiling R  and do these
>>  result in  so libs with the 'lib' prefix?
>> B) If all of A) is negative what is there to be done to   enable
>> generation  of  shared-libraries in $R_HOME/modules/ and 
>> $R_HOME/library/~ directories/sub-directories  with the 'lib'    prefix?
>> 
>> 
> thanks everyone for the help in clarifying what were share-libraries  and 
> otherwise.
> 
> As stated above I used two switches
> --enable-R-shlib \
> --enable-BLAS-shlib
> in the   configure options of the downloaded R-2.11.1 source  prior to 
> compilation.
> 
> I am compiling  R-2.11.1   as  an optional dependency of kdeedu-4.4.5.    This 
> asks for R-shlib   )which I noticed it is disable by the default  in the 
> configure script.)
> 
> After compile and install of R-2.11.1,  I am only able to start R from the 
> command  line

How are you starting it? The R start script does setup everything so that you should never touch anything inside.


> when I   move the generated libRblas.so to libRblas.soDUFF and 
> symlink libacml.so    to libRblas.so  and update $R_HOME/etc/ldpaths  
> accordingly.  I am unable to start R  with the compiled-in  $R_HOME/libR.so 
> and  $R_HOME/libRblas.so.
> 
> QUESTIONS:
> A) How  does one  start R with the  the generated  libR.so and libRblas.so? 

bin/R


> B) is the generated  libR.so  interchangable with libRblas.so  (i.e. R library 
> without blas   enhanced algebra  capabilities?)
> 

No - those are two entirely different libraries. The libRblas can be interchanged with a suitably complete BLAS implementation, but please do read the manuals for details.

Cheers,
Simon