[Rd] compiling R for Windows 64 bit

[Prof Brian Ripley]

1) It seems you forgot to clean up before making a 64-bit build:

> skipping incompatible ./libR.dll.a when searching for -lR

I expect that is a 32-bit version you made earlier (but you did not show 
us the line which made it).


2) You did not read the manual carefully enough: config.site is used by 
'configure' on a Unix-alike: it is not mentioned under Windows where you 
do not run 'configure' as only a very limited set of tools is available.


On 30/11/2012 09:29, Vitaliy FEOKTISTOV wrote:
> (rem:  this message describes compiling errors more precisely)
>
>   Dear All,
>
>   I'm trying to compile R for Windows 64 bit.
>
>   I'm following the instructions of R installation and administration
>   guide v2.15.2 (3.1; A.3.1.4; C.2.2)
>   and at the moment I compiled the default version (single threaded,
>   gcc, without external BLAS)  on my notebook (windows xp 32 bit)
>
>   Now I'm trying to compile it on Windows servers 64 bit with the next
>   configuration :
>
>   1. Windows Server 2008 R2 Entreprise SP1 x64bits ; Proc: AMD Opteron
>   6172 2Ghz (x4 processors)
>   2. Windows Server 2003 R2 Entreprise SP2 x64bits ; Proc: Intel Xeon
>   5160 3Ghz (x4 processors)
>
>   I configured '/src/gnuwin32/MkRules.local' and 'config.site' as
>   described in R installation guide.
>
>   And there are at least 2 problems during the compilation :
>   1. 'make all recommended' does not see 'config.site' so the
>   environmental variables are not updated properly,
>   shell sh.exe ./configure also gives error
>   2. at the linking step the file 'Rgraphapp.dll' can not be created, as
>   I suppose according to incorrect x32 - x64 configuration (it links
>   32bits external libs to 64bits object files, see below)
>
>   I would be very grateful if you could help me to compile R, please.
>
>   Thank you very much !!
>
> ==============
>     MkRules.local
> ==============
> LOCAL_SOFT =
> G_FLAG=-gdwarf-2
> LEA_MALLOC=YES
> USE_ATLAS=NO
> ATLAS_PATH=/R/ATLAS/lib/WinNT_P4SSE2
> # USE_SVNVERSION = YES
> MULTI = 64
> TOOL_PATH =
> BINPREF =
> BINPREF64 =
> M_ARCH = -m64
> AS_ARCH = --64
> RC_ARCH = pe-x86-64
> DT_ARCH = "-m i386:x86-64 --as-flags --64"
> WIN =  64
> # USE_IMPLIBS = YES
> # USE_ICU=YES
> ICU_PATH=/sources/icu
> # JPEGDIR = jpeg-8d
> # PNGDIR = libpng
> # TIFFDIR = libtiff
> CAIRO_HOME = D:/R/cairo/src
> BUILD_HTML = YES
> MIKTEX = TRUE
> EOPTS=-mtune=native
> OPENMP = -fopenmp
> PTHREAD = -pthread
> ISDIR=C:/Program Files/Inno Setup 5
> QPDF=
> HOME32=
> DLLs32 =
> DLLs64 =
> WIX3DIR=C:/Program Files/WiX Toolset v3.7/bin
> WIX_PERSONAL=0
>
> ===================
>    compilation errors
> ===================
> gcc -std=gnu99 -m64 -shared -mwindows -o Rgraphapp.dll Rgraphapp.def arith.o ar
> ay.o bitmaps.o buttons.o clipboard.o context.o controls.o cursors.o dialogs.o d
> awing.o drawtext.o events.o fonts.o gbuttons.o gdraw.o gif.o gimage.o gmenus.o
> mage.o init.o menus.o metafile.o objects.o printer.o rgb.o status.o stdimg.o st
> ings.o tooltips.o windows.o dllversion.o -L. -lR -lcomctl32 -limm32 -lmsimg32
> c:/rtools/gcc-4.6.3/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.6.3/../../../../i686-w64-
> ingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible ./libR.dll.a when searching for -lR
> c:/rtools/gcc-4.6.3/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.6.3/../../../../i686-w64-
> ingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible ./libR.dll.a when searching for -lR
> c:/rtools/gcc-4.6.3/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.6.3/../../../../i686-w64-
> ingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lR
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[4]: *** [Rgraphapp.dll] Error 1
> make[3]: *** [rlibs] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [../../bin/x64/R.dll] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [rbuild] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
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