[R] Problems with R CMD INSTALL on SUSE-LINUX 9.0

[Uwe Ligges]

Joerg Polzehl wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
> 
>     I've recently upgraded to SUSE-LINUX 9.0 and R 1.8.1  (using the 
> RPM-'s from CRAN).
> I've checked that all required LINUX-Packages as listet in the 
> README.html in /bin/linux/SUSE
> are installed.
> 
> I've then tried to INSTALL and check a package.
> 
> Installation with
> 
> R CMD INSTALL -l Rcontrib aws
> * Installing *source* package 'aws' ...
> ** libs
> make: »aws.so« ist bereits aktualisiert.
> ** help
>  >>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'aws'
>     Formats: text html latex example
> * DONE (aws)
> 
> looks fine.

Yes.


> When I try to use the package I get the following:
> 
> polzehl at dhcp-154:~> R
> 
> R : Copyright 2003, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Version 1.8.1  (2003-11-21), ISBN 3-900051-00-3
> 
> 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 and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R in publications.
> 
> 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.
> 
>  > library(aws)
>  > aws
> Error: Object "aws" not found
>  > ls(pos=2)
> character(0)
> q()

Have you set R_LIBS, so that R looks for packages in library Rcontrib ?
I guess you forgot that point.



> The reason is easy to detect:
> 
> polzehl at dhcp-154:~> cd Rcontrib/aws
> polzehl at dhcp-154:~/Rcontrib/aws> ls
> CONTENTS  DESCRIPTION  help  html  INDEX  latex  libs  man  Meta  R-ex
> 
> INSTALL has not created an directory for the source code ... .


Well, binary packages do not contain source code, in principle. So this 
is correct.


Uwe Ligges



> Did I miss something ???   May I need to install some additional package 
> from the SUSE-LINUX-distribution ?
> 
> Any suggestion is highly appreciated.
> 
> Best regards and thanks in advance,
> 
> Jörg Polzehl
> 
> PS 1: I also tried to install R 1.8.1. from the sources. Everything runs 
> as it sould. The base system was working correctly,
> installing packages from CRAN works, but again R CMD INSTALL did not 
> create the directory for the R-code.
> 
> PS 2: The same library installs correctly with   Rcmd INSTALL aws  under 
> WINDOWS XP and R 1.8.1.
> If I just copy the missing directory from the WINDOWS Installation 
> everything works. So the problem either
> lies with my LINUX-Box or the INSTALL script ...
> 
>