[R] problem to install R on linux

[André Beló]

Hi, thanks for your e-mail, but it was not the case. I found the lines 
with the "readline/readline.h" information. This was because I did not 
have the realine package installed. After installing it I was able to 
install the R-2.0.0 using the .rpm binary version, however, I'm still 
not able to install the v2.2.1 from the source. Now I'm getting the 
following error after the ./configure command:

"...
checking whether we can compute C Make dependencies... yes, using gcc -MM
checking whether gcc supports -c -o FILE.lo... yes
checking how to get verbose linking output from gfortran... configure: 
WARNING: c ompilation failed

checking for Fortran libraries of gfortran...
checking how to get verbose linking output from gcc... -v
checking for C libraries of gcc...  -L/usr/local/lib 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mandriva -linux-gnu/4.0.1 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mandriva-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../.. -lgcc_s
checking for dummy main to link with Fortran libraries... none
checking for Fortran name-mangling scheme... configure: error: cannot 
compile a s imple Fortran program
See `config.log' for more details."

I guess this is related to my compiler but I have no clue about how to 
fix it...
Thanks,
AB







Bhola, Gautam wrote:
> Hi
>
> I had similar issue which was resolved by ensuring that I have the lib/include folder for readline in my LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PATH respectively.
>
>
> Thanks 
> Gautam Bhola
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of André Beló
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:09 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] problem to install R on linux
>
> Dear members,
>
> this can sound trivial for some people but I don't have experience on 
> compilation.
>
> I'm trying to install R-2.2.1 on a laptop running Mandriva 2006. I 
> already installed many of the recommended packages/libraries but it 
> seems that something is still missing. The problem is that I cannot 
> identify... Could somebody give me some advise?
>
> I put the output of the command "./configure" bellow. When I tryed to 
> install the R-2.0.0-1mdk.i586.rpm I got:
>
> [root at localhost Download]# rpm -i R-2.0.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
> warning: R-2.0.0-1mdk.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 
> 6c60ceea
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         info is needed by R-2.0.0-1mdk.i586
> [root at localhost Download]#
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> AB
>
>
> [root at localhost R-2.2.1]# ./configure
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> loading site script './config.site'
> loading build specific script './config.site'
> checking for pwd... /bin/pwd
> checking whether builddir is srcdir... yes
> checking for working aclocal... found
> checking for working autoconf... found
> checking for working automake... found
> checking for working autoheader... found
> checking for working makeinfo... found
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking for egrep... grep -E
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for bison... no
> checking for byacc... no
> checking for ar... ar
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking for sed... /bin/sed
> checking for less... /usr/bin/less
> checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
> checking whether perl version is at least 5.004... yes
> checking for dvips... /usr/bin/dvips
> checking for tex... /usr/bin/tex
> checking for latex... /usr/bin/latex
> checking for makeindex... /usr/bin/makeindex
> checking for pdftex... /usr/bin/pdftex
> checking for pdflatex... /usr/bin/pdflatex
> checking for makeinfo... /usr/bin/makeinfo
> checking for unzip... /usr/bin/unzip
> checking for zip... /usr/bin/zip
> checking for gzip... /bin/gzip
> checking for firefox... no
> checking for mozilla... no
> checking for netscape... no
> checking for galeon... no
> checking for kfmclient... no
> checking for opera... no
> checking for gnome-moz-remote... /usr/bin/gnome-moz-remote
> using default browser ... /usr/bin/gnome-moz-remote
> checking for acroread... /usr/bin/acroread
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for gfortran... gfortran
> checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
> checking whether gfortran accepts -g... no
> checking for g++... g++
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
> checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
> checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
> checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
> checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
> checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
> checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
> checking for stdlib.h... yes
> checking for string.h... yes
> checking for memory.h... yes
> checking for strings.h... yes
> checking for inttypes.h... yes
> checking for stdint.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
> checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
> checking for dlfcn.h... yes
> checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
> checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
> checking for objdir... .libs
> checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
> checking for strip... strip
> checking if gcc static flag  works... yes
> checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
> checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
> checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
> checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
> checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared 
> libraries... yes
> checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build static libraries... no
> configure: creating libtool
> appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
> checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld
> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
> checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared 
> libraries... yes
> checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
> checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
> checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
> checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared 
> libraries... yes
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
> appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build static libraries... no
> checking for gfortran option to produce PIC... -fPIC
> checking if gfortran PIC flag -fPIC works... no
> checking if gfortran supports -c -o file.o... no
> checking whether the gfortran linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared 
> libraries... yes
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
> checking whether makeinfo version is at least 4.7... yes
> checking for cos in -lm... yes
> checking for sin in -lm... yes
> checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
> checking readline/history.h usability... no
> checking readline/history.h presence... no
> checking for readline/history.h... no
> checking readline/readline.h usability... no
> checking readline/readline.h presence... no
> checking for readline/readline.h... no
> checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
> checking for main in -lncurses... yes
> checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
> checking for history_truncate_file... no
> configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not 
> available
> [root at localhost R-2.2.1]#
>
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