[Rd] Problem with gsl package

[Martin Becker]

Hi,

I think I had similar problems with gsl on a non-standard installation. 
The following steps seemed to work (but are merely the results of 
struggling around...)

1. Download and extract source code of R-package 'gsl'
2. Use gsl-config --libs to get the path to GSL's lib directory 
(-L<path-to-lib>), use gsl-config --cflags to get the path to GSL's 
include directory (-I<path-to-include>)
3. Change Makevars in gsl/src:
- Add -L<path-to-lib> to PKG_LIBS
- Add (new) line: PKG_CPPFLAGS=-I<path-to-include>
4. Install gsl via
  LDFLAGS=-L<path-to-lib>;export 
LDFLAGS;CPPFLAGS=-I<path-to-include>;export CPPFLAGS;R CMD INSTALL gsl

Best,

  Martin



Hoptman, Matthew wrote:
> Hi all, 
> I am new to R and am writing after having contacted Robin Hankin, who
> maintains the R gsl wrapper.
>
>  
>
> I am trying to use an AFNI (neuroimaging analysis) program that depends
> on the R gsl package.   When I try to use the script I wrote, I get an
> error that led me to suspect the gsl package was a culprit.  When I do
> library("gsl") within R, I get:
>
> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) : 
>
>   unable to load shared library
> '/home/matt/R/lib64/R/library/gsl/libs/gsl.so':
>
>   /home/matt/R/lib64/R/library/gsl/libs/gsl.so: undefined symbol:
> gsl_sf_expint_En_e
>
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'gsl'
>
>  
>
> It looks like it is due to where my Linux (not R) gsl package is
> installed.  Robin thought the problem is that I had to install my Linux
> gsl package in a nontypical location (it's in /usr) because /usr/local
> is not available to us.
>
>  
>
> He mentioned that others have had this problem.  Has anyone been able to
> surmount this problem?
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
>  
>
> PS.  I'm running Suse Linux 10.3:
>
> Linux ghidra 2.6.22.19-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008-10-14 22:17:43 +0200
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Matthew J. Hoptman, PhD 
> Research Scientist V 
> Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research 
>
> Research Associate Professor in Psychiatry 
> NYU School of Medicine 
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