[R] Problem with installing survival5

[Richard A. Bilonick]

Prof Brian D Ripley wrote:

> On 5 Nov 1999, Peter Dalgaard BSA wrote:
>
> > "Richard A. Bilonick" <rab at nauticom.net> writes:
> >
> > > Hi. I'm using 0.65.1 under Linux (Red Hat 6.0). I installed splines and then
> > > survival5. I  used library(survival) and was able to create obs using Surv. But I
> > ...
> > > -lg2c -lm
> > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lg2c: No such file or directory
> >
> > Well, this is your problem. I forget where libg2c is supposed to live
> > on RH 6.0, but on 6.1 it is part of the egcs-g77 package. It does
> > build correctly on my system. What happens if you do a 'locate libg2c'?
>
> It is on RH6.0 too. I have already suggested to Richard the absence of that
> RPM might be the problem if he installed fron RPMs (rather than built form
> source).
>
> As a matter of interest, is RH6.1 still on egcs than? I thought it
> postdated the grand unification and the demise of egcs (replaced by
> gcc-2.95.x).  For now, we have decided not to upgrade to 6.1 (too many
> machines sharing files, too little time).
>

I installed egcs-g77.1.1.2-12 and survival5 works. Thanks.

Rick Bilonick

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