[R] R under Red Hat Linux 6.0

[Douglas Bates]

Francisco Cribari <cribari at de.ufpe.br> writes:

> I have just upgraded from Red Hat Linux 5.2 to version 6.0 (with
> GNOME) on an intel box. I have also upgraded to the latest R version
> (0.64.1-2 rpm) and have also installed the corresponding GNOME rpm.
> However, I am not able to start R:
> 
> [cribari at edgeworth install]$ R
> /usr/lib/R/bin/R.binary: error in loading shared libraries:
> /usr/lib/R/bin/R.binary: undefined symbol: __setfpucw
> 
> [cribari at edgeworth install]$ R --gnome
> /usr/lib/R/bin/R.gnome: error in loading shared libraries:
> /usr/lib/R/bin/R.gnome: undefined symbol: __setfpucw
> 
> This must be a version compatibility problem, I guess. Is there a
> fix for that (short of compiling R)? Thanks in advance. FC.

That symbol is a holdover from bygone days when, by default, a program
run on Linux set up the floating point hardware in a
non-IEEE-compatible way.  With recent versions of the glibc that
routine no longer exists.

I don't think you will be able to install the prepackaged RPM file
easily.  You may want to try a compile from the sources instead.
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