[R] Problem configuring R-patched

[Duncan Murdoch]

Kevin E. Thorpe wrote:
> Gavin Simpson wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 14:57 -0400, Kevin E. Thorpe wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I downloaded R-patched (2005-08-04) from CRAN today.
>>>I ran ./configure --enable-R-shlib
>>>
>>>I received the error message:
>>>
>>>checking for recommended packages... no
>>>configure: error: Some of the recommended packages are missing
>>>  Use --without-recommended-packages if this was intentional
>>
>>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>So was this intentional?
> 
> 
> No, it wasn't.
> 
> 
>>>I built a previous version of R-patched successfully on my system
>>>which is running the SuSE 9,2 Pro Linux distribution.  I untarred the
>>>tar ball into the same directory I did my last build on in case that's
>>>important.
>>>
>>>The only other differences between this attempt and my successful build
>>>are:
>>>
>>>1. I did not use --enable-R-shlib last time.
>>>2. I found and installed the blas libraries for this build.
>>>
>>>Have I messed up or made an erroneous assumption along the way?
>>
>>
>>Yes and No. You obviously haven't compiled R recently. If you haven't
>>got the recommended packages in the source you are compiling, configure
>>now gives an error, which quite clearly states (and you've quoted it in
>>your email!) that it cannot find (some of) the recommended packages.
> 
> 
> Actually, I compiled it about a week ago.  Here is my current version.
> 
>  > version
>           _
> platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
> arch     i686
> os       linux-gnu
> system   i686, linux-gnu
> status   Patched
> major    2
> minor    1.1
> year     2005
> month    07
> day      28
> language R
> 
> When I compiled that version, I did my "tar xzf" to a clean directory
> and did not receive that error.
> 
> 
>>A solution - again given by the error message you quote! - is:
>>
>>./configure --enable-R-shlib --without-recommended-packages
>>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>That should clear things up.
> 
> 
> I realise that would clear it up.  I was puzzled why I got this message
> in the first place, given I didn't get it last week.

I believe there are two kinds of tar files.  The daily snapshots don't 
include the recommended packages, the releases do.

Or perhaps the test is a recent addition.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> 
>>Other wise you need to cd to the R directory (where you have the source
>>code), and then execute ./tools/rsync-recommended and then run your
>>configure command.
>>
>>HTH
>>
>>G
> 
> 
> Thanks for the rsync tip.
>