[R] Install problem on Solaris 9

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de
Tue Apr 19 13:36:45 CEST 2005


Shields, Rusty (IMS) wrote:

> Did I post this to the right mail list?  Is there another list that is
> more appropriate for this type of question?
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> Subject: [R] Install problem on Solaris 9
> 
> 
> I'm trying to install R-2.0.1 on Solaris 9 and I'm receiving the
> following error messages during make.
>  
>     begin installing recommended package foreign
>     make[2]: *** [foreign.ts] Error 1
>     make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/opt/net/source/R-2.0.1/src/library/Recommended'
>     make[1]: *** [recommended-packages] Error 2
>     make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/opt/net/source/R-2.0.1/src/library/Recommended'
>     make: *** [stamp-recommended] Error 2
> 
>  
> A review of src/library/Recommended/foreign.ts.out shows:
>  
>     * Installing *source* package 'foreign' ...
>     configure: loading cache /dev/null
>     checking for gcc... make[3]: Entering directory
> `/tmp/R.INSTALL.169/foreign'
>     gcc -m64
>     make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/R.INSTALL.169/foreign'
>     checking for C compiler default output file name... configure:
> error: C compiler cannot create executables
>     See `config.log' for more details.
>     ERROR: configuration failed for package 'foreign'
> 
>  
> A review of config.log does not reveal anything terribly useful.
>  
> I'm using gcc, g77, and g++ v3.4.1, 32 bit builds (I think), all

32bit builds?
A few lines above the line "gcc -m64" suggests to check again and 
compile also with 32-bit.

Did everything before foreign work smoothly?
Which configure options have you specified?
Any errors or warnings from configure?

Uwe Ligges




> installed under /opt/net/utils/gcc3.4.1, which is in the path.
>  
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/otherstuff:/opt/net/utils/gcc3.4.1/lib:/opt/net/utils/l
> ib:/otherstuff
>  
> My config.site contains:
> 
>     CC="gcc"
>     CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include"
>     F77="g77"
>     LDFLAGS="-L/opt/net/utils/gcc3.4.1/lib/"
>     CXX="g++"
>  
>  
> What should I be looking for here?
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Rusty
> 
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