[R] Installation help

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Leslea J. Lehoucq wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to compile R using the Sun WorkShop 6.0 (Forte) compilers.
> I don't think I am having a problem with the compilers, but instead with
>
> figuring out how to modify the R configuration to use non-Gnu compilers.
>
> I found in your documentation that one should modify the config.site
> file
> to change compilers, compiler flags, library paths, etc.  I made
> modifications
> in this file, but the configure script still seems to be relying on the
> Gnu
> compilers rather than the compilers I've specified.  It picks up my
> changes
> to the fortran compiler (using f77 instead of g77), but ignores my
> specification
> of the cc compiler rather than gcc.  Since I couldn't use config.site to
> fix
> my problem, I configured with whatever the configure script was giving
> me,
> and then went into the Makeconf file to change compiler, library paths,
> and
> other flags.  I have made some progress in compiling (i.e. when I run
> gmake I am getting the right compilers, paths, and flags), but my build
> is
> failing at a certain point.
>
> Do you know of anyone who has compiled R with the Solaris WorkShop 6.0
> (Forte) compilers?  Pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Yes, I do it as part of the regular testing.

You need to remove config.cache and then re-run configure, as the CC value
is cached to be gcc.  I would have CC=cc and make sure the compiler is in
your path.

Also, you need to set FPICFLAGS to -PIC, and -Kpic should be -KPIC.
(I think configure would have figured these out if you had left them
unset.)

Start again from a clean sheet, edit config.site before you do anything and
it should work. It has for me many times.


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