[R] Redhat compilers and lme4 with R-2.4.0

[Prof Brian Ripley]

There are no known problems with 'RedHat compilers' and lme4.

You do need to have installed an up-to-date Matrix prior to lme4, and the 
command-line you show indicates that you have not done so (or that it is 
not in a library known to R_LIBS).

However, gcc 4.0.0 has many known problems, and for those reasons we would 
recommend an update.  (FC4 does have updates to more stable compilers, but 
many people including my dept see FC5 as a recommended upgrade.)

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Patrick Connolly wrote:

> I've tried unsuccessfully to install lme4 on two different Redhat
> systems but I've not noticed anything on this list to indicate anyone
> else has had similar problems.
>
>
> * Installing *source* package 'lme4' ...
> ** libs
> gcc -I/usr/local/R-2.4.0/include -I/usr/local/R-2.4.0/include
   -I/usr/local/include    -fpic  -g -O2 -std=gnu99 -c init.c -o init.o
> In file included from init.c:1:
> lme4_utils.h:4:20: error: Matrix.h: No such file or directory

That line is the error: nothing to do with the compiler.

> In file included from init.c:1:
> lme4_utils.h:14: error: syntax error before ÿÿÿÿcÿÿÿÿ
> lme4_utils.h:14: warning: type defaults to ÿÿÿÿintÿÿÿÿ in declaration of ÿÿÿÿcÿÿÿÿ
> lme4_utils.h:14: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> init.c:44: error: syntax error before ÿÿÿÿcÿÿÿÿ
> ,,, etc,
>
>
> My first theory was that warnings given when the Matrix package was
> installed could indicate what was missing.  However, I've been
> notified that the same errors don't prevent a Debian system installing
> lme4.
>
> Knowing that Redhat has previously fiddled with compilers before
> version 3, I'm now suspecting that something similar has been happening.
>
> Does this information tell anybody something informative about FC4's
> compiler (unchanged from installation)?
>
> $ gcc -v
> Using built-in specs.
> Target: x86_64-redhat-linux
> Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
> --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
> --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
> --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-libgcj-multifile
> --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,java,f95,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk
> --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre
> --host=x86_64-redhat-linux
>
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 4.0.0 20050519 (Red Hat 4.0.0-8)
>
>
> The other system is RHEL 3 (32bit) but it gives a similar bunch of
> errors using an older compiler (3.0.3 IIRC)
>
> There must be others using Redhat and I'd be interested to know if/how
> you succeded installing lme4.
>
>
> I'm feeling left out of the 2.4.0 loop since I have to stay with 2.3.1
> to use lme4, so I'd greatly appreciate any information anyone has.
>
> Thanks
>
>

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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