[R] Fortran linking problems

[Angel Lopez-Urrutia]

In a box running Mandrake 9 with R 1.6.2 I get problems when trying to 
install packages Matrix and Akima.
It seems my gcc compiler and fortran do not talk to each other.

Thanks in advance for any help,
Gelu

The errors are:

* Installing *source* package 'Matrix' ...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
checking whether g77 accepts -g... yes
checking how to get verbose linking output from g77... -v
checking for Fortran 77 libraries... -L/usr/local/lib 
-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.2 
-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.2/../../.. -lreadline -ldl 
-lncurses -lfrtbegin -lg2c -lm -lgcc_s
checking for dummy main to link with Fortran 77 libraries... unknown
configure: error: linking to Fortran libraries from C fails
ERROR: configuration failed for package 'Matrix'



# R CMD INSTALL akima_0.3-4.tar.gz
* Installing *source* package 'akima' ...
** libs
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c 
akima.new.f -o akima.new.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c idbvip.f 
-o idbvip.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c idcldp.f 
-o idcldp.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c idgrid.f 
-o idgrid.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c idlctn.f 
-o idlctn.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c idpdrv.f 
-o idpdrv.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c idptip.f 
-o idptip.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c idptli.f 
-o idptli.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c idsfft.f 
-o idsfft.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c idtang.f 
-o idtang.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c idxchg.f 
-o idxchg.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c 
tripack.f -o tripack.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 
-fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=i586 -fno-fast-math -fno-strength-reduce -c ttidbs.f 
-o ttidbs.o
gcc -shared -L/usr/local/lib -o akima.so akima.new.o idbvip.o idcldp.o 
idgrid.o idlctn.o idpdrv.o idptip.o idptli.o idsfft.o idtang.o idxchg.o 
tripack.o ttidbs.o  -L/usr/local/lib 
-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.2 
-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.2/../../.. -lreadline -ldl 
-lncurses -lfrtbegin -lg2c -lm -lgcc_s -L/usr/lib/R/bin -lR
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lreadline
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [akima.so] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'akima'