[R] problem in making R from sources on SGI IRIX

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Andrew Hill writes:

> Hello all,

> I am trying to install R 1.3.0 on SGI IRIX.  I downloaded the .tar
> from CRAN, unpacked it and executed the following commands from the
> top level directory:

> ./configure
> make

> The ./configure completes OK, with the final summary output:
> --------------------
> R is now configured for mips-sgi-irix6.5

>   Source directory:          .
>   Installation directory:    /usr/local
>   C compiler:                gcc  -g -O2
>   C++ compiler:              c++  -g -O2
>   FORTRAN compiler:          g77  -g -O2

>   X11 support:               yes
>   Gnome support:             no
>   Tcl/Tk support:            no

>   R profiling support:       yes
>   R as a shared library:     no

> -----------------
> Following that, the make appears to complete OK with some non-fatal linker warnings.  I then run "make check" and get the following error message:
> ---------------
> 22 gomez R-1.3.0> make check
> creating tests/Makefile
> creating tests/Examples/Makefile
> don't know how to make ../../library/base/R/base (bu42).
> *** Error code 1 (bu21)
> *** Error code 1 (bu21)
> *** Error code 1 (bu21)
> *** Error code 1 (bu21)
> ------------------

> At this point, if I try running R (i.e. the "R" script in the /bin directory) I get the following fatal error:
> -----------------------------
> 25 gomez bin> R

> R : Copyright 2001, The R Development Core Team
> Version 1.3.0  (2001-06-22)

> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type `license()' or `licence()' for distribution details.

> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type `contributors()' for more information.

> Type `demo()' for some demos, `help()' for on-line help, or
> `help.start()' for a HTML browser interface to help.
> Type `q()' to quit R.

> Fatal error: unable to open the base package
> ----------------------------

> Can anyone offer any advice on what my problem is?  I guess that the
> base package is not being made properly?  Any help would be
> appreciated.

Seems that base was not built.  Hard to tell why, it might help to look
at what happened *after* building R.bin.

What happens if you do

	cd src/library/base; make

???

-k
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