[Rd] Can't build R 3.6.1 or 3.5.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[peter dalgaard]

Pure guessing, but a frequent way to get the "have libs, still won't build" syndrome on Linux variants is not having installed the corresponding -dev or -devel package.

-pd

> On 21 Nov 2019, at 19:07 , Saren Tasciyan <saren.tasciyan using ist.ac.at> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to build a more recent version (3.6.1 or 3.5.3) of R on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I have installed build-deps with:
> 
> sudo apt-get build-dep r-base
> 
> and I ran ./configure
> 
> During "make", I get the following error:
> 
> platform.o: In function `do_eSoftVersion':
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/platform.c:3129: undefined reference to `u_getVersion_58'
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/platform.c:3130: undefined reference to `u_versionToString_58'
> util.o: In function `resetICUcollator':
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2025: undefined reference to `ucol_close_58'
> util.o: In function `do_ICUset':
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2103: undefined reference to `ucol_close_58'
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2136: undefined reference to `ucol_setStrength_58'
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2111: undefined reference to `uloc_setDefault_58'
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2115: undefined reference to `ucol_open_58'
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2112: undefined reference to `uloc_setDefault_58'
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2138: undefined reference to `ucol_setAttribute_58'
> util.o: In function `do_ICUget':
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2161: undefined reference to `ucol_getLocaleByType_58'
> util.o: In function `Rf_Scollate':
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2219: undefined reference to `uiter_setUTF8_58'
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2220: undefined reference to `uiter_setUTF8_58'
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2222: undefined reference to `ucol_strcollIter_58'
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2200: undefined reference to `uloc_setDefault_58'
> /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2203: undefined reference to `ucol_open_58'
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> Makefile:145: recipe for target 'R.bin' failed
> make[3]: *** [R.bin] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main'
> Makefile:137: recipe for target 'R' failed
> make[2]: *** [R] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main'
> Makefile:28: recipe for target 'R' failed
> make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src'
> Makefile:60: recipe for target 'R' failed
> make: *** [R] Error 1
> 
> I found some suggestiong related to libicu* libraries, but I have those libs insalled.
> 
> Any ideas, where this is failing?
> 
> Best,
> 
> SarenT
> 
> 
> 
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