[Rd] undefined symbol: cholmod_factorize_p

[Göran Broström]

On 2018-07-07 13:08, Jeroen Ooms wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 11:57 PM, Göran Broström
> <goran.brostrom using umu.se> wrote:
>> I am installing R_3.5.1 from source on ubuntu 18.04, and 'config' +
>> 'make' gives me (at the end)
> 
> Probably something went wrong earlier in the build when compiling
> the Matrix package. However it's much easier to install R form the 
> binaries:
> 
> sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:marutter/rrutter3.5 sudo apt-get
> update sudo apt-get install r-base

Thanks, after a discussion with Dirk on r-sig-debian I did just that.
The reason I compiled R from source was that I had some problems with 
the binary install but without the ppa:marutter. With it everything works.

> 
> If you really want to build from source, have a look at which flags 
> and dependencies are used in the r-base source package on 
> Debian/Ubuntu.
> 
I certainly will be able to do that (it has "always" worked seamlessly 
for me, don't understand what happened this time. Maybe the upgrade to 
18.04), so I will have a look.

Many thanks, Göran