[Rd] Compiling R 2.12.0 from source: error (temp dir)

Janko Thyson janko.thyson at ku-eichstaett.de
Thu Nov 18 16:38:26 CET 2010 

Sorry, but I'm still kind of puzzled on this one ;-)

Found the Tcl/Tk section in the manual but I don't really understand where I
have to set those options. Append it to 'make all recommended'? I checked
'make --help' which didn't list any such options. Or does that refer to the
installation of Tcl/Tk itself? I downloaded and installed the binary version
of Tcl/Tk (ActiveTcl
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActiveTcl/releases/8.5.9.0/ActiveTcl8.5.9.0
.293667-win32-ix86-threaded.exe) and as far as I understand, I now need to
link that to the tcltk package of R, right? I don't know how I would install
Tcl/Tk from its sources, but if that's the better choice: could anyone drop
me the command line(s) I need to execute in order to install and link Tcl/Tk
to my R (pre-)build?

Thanks a lot, 
Janko

SECTION FROM THE MANUAL (P. 32):
A.2.1 Tcl/Tk
The tcltk package needs Tcl/Tk >= 8.4 installed: the sources are available
at http://
www.tcl.tk/. To specify the locations of the Tcl/Tk files you may need the
configuration
options
  ‘--with-tcltk’
    use Tcl/Tk, or specify its library directory
  ‘--with-tcl-config=TCL_CONFIG’
    specify location of ‘tclConfig.sh’
    ‘--with-tk-config=TK_CONFIG’
  specify location of ‘tkConfig.sh’
or use the configure variables TCLTK_LIBS and TCLTK_CPPFLAGS to specify the
flags needed
for linking against the Tcl and Tk libraries and for finding the ‘tcl.h’ and
‘tk.h’ headers,
respectively. If you have both 32- and 64-bit versions of Tcl/Tk installed,
specifying the paths
to the correct config files may be necessary to avoid confusion between
them.

SYSTEM INFO:
 - Windows XP SP 3
 - R-2.12.0
 - Eclipse 3.6.1
 - StatET 0.9.x

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. November 2010 12:54
> An: Janko Thyson
> Cc: 'r-devel at r-project. org'
> Betreff: Re: [Rd] Compiling R 2.12.0 from source: error (temp dir)
> 
> On 18/11/2010 5:40 AM, Janko Thyson wrote:
> > I've created a /tmp directory so I wouldn't have to change TMPDIR. So
> far,
> > so good. But now I get the error below. Anything I forgot regarding
> tcltk?
> 
> Looks as if you forgot to install it.
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
> >
> > Thx,
> > Janko
> >
> > ERROR:
> > In file included from init.c:22:0:
> > tcltk.h:23:17: fatal error: tcl.h: No such file or directory
> > compilation terminated.
> > make[4]: *** [init.o] Error 1
> > make[3]: *** [mksrc-win] Error 1
> > make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> > make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> >
> > SYSTEM INFO:
> >   - Windows XP SP 3
> >   - R-2.12.0
> >   - Eclipse 3.6.1
> >   - StatET 0.9.x
> >
> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >> Von: Janko Thyson [mailto:janko.thyson at ku-eichstaett.de]
> >> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. November 2010 11:13
> >> An: 'Prof Brian Ripley'
> >> Cc: 'r-devel at r-project. org'
> >> Betreff: AW: [Rd] Compiling R 2.12.0 from source: error (temp dir)
> >>
> >>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >>> Von: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
> >>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. November 2010 18:42
> >>> An: Janko Thyson
> >>> Cc: 'r-devel at r-project. org'
> >>> Betreff: Re: [Rd] Compiling R 2.12.0 from source: error (temp dir)
> >>>
> >>> Is this on Windows?  (Please do consult the posting guide and tell
> us
> >>> the 'at a minimum' information we asked for.)
> >>>
> >>> If so, it seems you forget the bit about setting TMPDIR right at
> the
> >>> top of the section on 'Building the core files':
> >>>
> >>>     Set the environment variable @env{TMPDIR} to point to a
> writable
> >>>     directory, with a path specified with forward slashes and no
> >> spaces.
> >>>     (The default is @file{/tmp}, which may not be useful on
> Windows.)
> >>>
> >>
> >> Sorry, I always forget to provide that info.
> >>
> >> Could you tell me where/how I have to set TMPDIR? I've looked in
> >> MkRules.local but didn't find anything. Or is that an argument at
> 'make
> >> all recommended'?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Janko
> >>
> >> SYSTEM INFO:
> >> - Windows XP SP 3
> >> - R-2.12.0
> >> - Eclipse 3.6.1
> >> - StatET 0.9.x
> >>
> >>> On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, Janko Thyson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Dear list,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I've just tried to compile R 2.12.0 from source as I think I found
> >> an
> >>> error
> >>>> in a C function that I would like to fix and check before I go
> >> ahead
> >>> with
> >>>> posting the presumed error.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I've got the R Toolset 2.12 installed and configured correctly and
> >>> followed
> >>>> the Admin manual closely (including the entire bitmap stuff; exact
> >>> same
> >>>> versions as in the manual). Also, all anti virus software is
> turned
> >>> off (as
> >>>> it complained on some .exe). I have Admin rights on my box.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> When I run 'make all recommended' I get the following error after
> a
> >>> while:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> cannot create /tmp/R5436: directory nonexistent
> >>>>
> >>>> mv: cannot stat `/tmp/R5436': No such file or directory
> >>>>
> >>>> make[3]: *** [mkR] Error 1
> >>>>
> >>>> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> >>>>
> >>>> make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> >>>>
> >>>> make: *** [all] Error 2
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Any ideas what this is about? Seems that the compiler can't create
> >> a
> >>> temp
> >>>> directory because of a missing directory.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for any hints,
> >>>>
> >>>> Janko
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >>>>
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