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

Janko Thyson janko.thyson at ku-eichstaett.de
Thu Nov 18 18:40:21 CET 2010 

Puh, here’s where I’m at right now:
-	I reinstalled Rtools (2.12) to C:\Rtools (full installation) left
the default for R Root dir = C:\R and R 64 root dir = C:\R64, 
-	I noticed that there’s a Tcl directory in C:\R now -> is that what I
need regarding my previous Tcl/Tk issue down the building process? Or do I
still need to install Tcl in any way?
-	I checked my Windows PATH if it exactly reflects the recommendations
in the admin manual, 
-	I set a windows environment variable TMPDIR=C:/temp

And now I’m back to my old error regarding the temp dir because it’s somehow
still set to /tmp.

cannot create /tmp/R4156: directory nonexistent
mv: cannot stat `/tmp/R4156': 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? I’m really trying ;-)

Thanks,
Janko

##### SYSTEM INFO #####
Windows XP SP3
R 2.12.0
Eclipse 3.6.1 (Helios)
StatET 0.9.x
#####################

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Janko Thyson [mailto:janko.thyson at ku-eichstaett.de]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. November 2010 16:38
> An: 'Duncan Murdoch'
> Cc: 'r-devel at r-project. org'
> Betreff: AW: [Rd] Compiling R 2.12.0 from source: error (temp dir)
> 
> 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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> > >>>>
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