[R] installation question/problem

[Peter Dalgaard]

DW <dwinner-lists at att.net> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> Can anybody tell me why I am getting the error below when I run "make 
> check" and if it has any consequences I may regret later?
> 
> I run:
> 
> #  ./configure --enable-R-shlib
> # make
> # make check
> # make install
> 
> 
> configure, make and make install all work without errors, and it seems 
> to install ok, and I even test the R binary after install, so I guess 
> it's working. But I want to make sure. I'm not going to be using R, but 
> I'm the net admin who has been tasked with installing it our servers, so 
> I don't want any nasty surprises.
> 
> I wonder if it's possible that I'm missing libraries because I'm not 
> running X on the servers?
> 
> This is:
> FreeBSD 5.4 p8
> R-2.2.1
> 
> 
> make check output:
> 
> (snip)
> .....
> running code in 'grDevices-Ex.R' ... OK
> comparing 'grDevices-Ex.Rout' to 'grDevices-Ex.Rout.prev' ... OK
> running code in 'graphics-Ex.R' ... OK
> comparing 'graphics-Ex.Rout' to 'graphics-Ex.Rout.prev' ... OK
> running code in 'stats-Ex.R' ...*** Error code 1
 
Ouch.

Please look for stats-Ex.Rout.fail at tell us what is in it (you
should find it in tests/Examples in your builddir, interesting stuff
should be towards the end of the file).

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