[R] Problem compiling R-Patched

[Liaw, Andy]

Could it be that you have the environment variable R_HOME (or something like
that) defined somewhere?  Just a wild guess...

Andy

From: Kevin E. Thorpe
> 
> I downloaded R-Patched today (to see if another problem I 
> want to ask about is still present or if its just me - as per 
> the posting guide).  I ran "tools/rsync-recommended" 
> successfully.  I then ran "configure --enable-R-shlib" 
> successfully.  Then make stops with the following error.
> 
> gcc -shared -L/usr/local/lib -o tools.so text.o init.o Rmd5.o md5.o 
> -L../../../../lib -lR
> mkdir -p -- ../../../../library/tools/libs
> make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/src/R-patched/src/library/tools/src'
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/src/R-patched/src/library/tools/src'
> Error in file(datafile, "wb") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> cannot open file '/usr/local/lib/R/library/tools/R/tools.rdb', reason 
> 'Permission denied'
> Execution halted
> make[3]: *** [all] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/src/R-patched/src/library/tools'
> make[2]: *** [R] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/src/R-patched/src/library'
> make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/src/R-patched/src'
> make: *** [R] Error 1
> 
> The tools.rdb file is on my system from a previous build
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 90486 2005-08-04 18:54 
> /usr/local/.../tools.rdb
> 
> As you can see from the output above, I am not trying to build in 
> /usr/local/... at all so I am puzzled as to why anything is 
> being done in /usr/local/ before the "make install".  Can 
> anyone suggest what I 
> should try?  I am compiling on SuSE Linux version 9.2.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> -- 
> Kevin E. Thorpe
> Biostatistician/Trialist, Knowledge Translation Program 
> Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences 
> Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
> email: kevin.thorpe at utoronto.ca  Tel: 416.946.8081  Fax: 416.946.3297
> 
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