[R] Compilation error on mgcv_1.1-7 on OS X (10.3)

[Paul Roebuck]

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Jon Egil Strand wrote:

> I run into a compilation error when updating to mgcv_1.1-7 in R 2.0.0 on
> OS X 10.3. Note that other pacakges have compiled nicely.
>
> Some details are given below, but in short it looks like it's seeking for
>
> 	/usr/local/lib/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8/3.4.2/
>
> which I don't have. But I do have
>
> 	/usr/lib/gcc/darwin/3.3
>
> i.e a lower version of GCC in a different directory. More details at end.
>
> I am sorry if this is very easy to configure, but as long as I am unable
> to do it I will be very grateful for any help.
>
> -----------------------------------
> 	Compilation details
> -----------------------------------
>
> gcc -no-cpp-precomp -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include  -I/usr/local/include   -fno-common  -g -O2 -c qp.c -o qp.o
> gcc -no-cpp-precomp -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include  -I/usr/local/include   -fno-common  -g -O2 -c tprs.c -o tprs.o
> gcc -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress -L/usr/local/lib -o
>   mgcv.so gcv.o magic.o mat.o matrix.o mgcv.o qp.o tprs.o  -framework
>   vecLib -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8/3.4.2
>   -L/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8/3.4.2/../../.. -lfrtbegin
>   -lg2c -lSystem -lcc_dynamic -framework R
>
> ld: warning -L: directory name (/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8/3.4.2) does not exist
> ld: warning -L: directory name (/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8/3.4.2/../../..) does not exist
> ld: can't locate file for: -lfrtbegin
>
> make: *** [mgcv.so] Error 1
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'mgcv'
>

My guess would be that this package requires G77 in order
to link correctly as that library is for Fortran.

Install this and try it again.

<http://hpc.sf.net/g77v3.4-bin.tar.gz>

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