[Rd] R 2.11.0 on RHEL5 / RODBC

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 12 May 2010, Chuck White wrote:

> I am compiling R 2.11.0 on a RHEL5.3 box using the following settings
>
> ./configure --with-readline=yes --enable-R-shlib=yes --with-x=yes --with-blas="-llibptf77blas -lpthread -llibatlas" --prefix=/usr/local/R-2.11.0 JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/unixODBC-2.3.0/include"
>
> I have compiled and installed unixODBC-2.3.0 (64-bit) in /usr/local 
> and can connect to and query the database using isql.  When I try to 
> build RODBC, I get the following error:
>
> checking for sqlext.h... yes
> checking for library containing SQLTables... no
> configure: error: "no ODBC driver manager found"
> ERROR: configuration failed for package âRODBCâ
> * removing â/usr/local/R-2.11.0/lib64/R/library/RODBCâ
>
> The directory /usr/local/unixODBC-2.3.0/lib has the files libodbc.so 
> and libodbc.la, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH has 
> /usr/local/lib64:/usr/lib64:/usr/local/unixODBC-2.3.0/lib.  Also, 
> there is no other unixODBC version on the box. I would appreciate 
> any help in this regard.  Thanks.

This is completely standard configure stuff: use

.../RODBC/configure --help

to seee the options for telling a package where the dependent 
libraries are.  It is even the reference example in 'Writing R 
Extensions'!

Does RHEL5 really not have a unixODBC (and uniODBC-devel) RPM?  They 
do make like easier for people who are out of their depth with 
software installation.

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