[R] Rserve needs (but cannot find) libR.a (or maybe it's .so)

[A.J. Rossini]

Need to install R with the shared libraries (it's a config option).


Paul Shannon <pshannon at systemsbiology.org> writes:

> I have successfully installed Rserv (http://stats.math.uni-augsburg.de/Rserve)
> on Mac OS, but I have trouble on two different linux platforms.
>
>    R CMD INSTALL Rserve_0.3-10.tar.gz
>
> fails with this message
>
>   ** libs
>   gcc -g -O2 -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib  Rserv.c -o Rserve  \
>      -DDAEMON -O -I/usr/local/lib/R/include -Iinclude -I. -lR -L/usr/local/lib/R/bin -ldl -lcrypt 
>   /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lR
>   collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>   make: *** [Rserve] Error 1
>   ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Rserve'
>
> Sure enough, when I look, I cannot find either libR.a or librR.so on either
> linus system.
>
> On the Mac, I -do- find libR.dylib.
>
> Can anyone help with this?
>
> Many thanks -
>
>  - Paul Shannon
>    Institute for Systems Biology
>    Seattle
>
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