[R] Installing Package rgl - Compilation Fails - FreeBSD

[Rainer Hurling]

Brian,

thank you for the adaptions. I tried the new version under R-2.5.0 
(2007-01-23 r40560) on FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT and got the following output.


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#R CMD INSTALL rgl_0.70-1.tar.gz
* Installing to library '/usr/local/lib/R/library'
* Installing *source* package 'rgl' ...
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 for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
checking for libpng-config... yes
configure: using libpng-config
configure: using libpng dynamic linkage
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating src/Makevars
** libs
g++ -I/usr/local/lib/R/include -I/usr/local/lib/R/include 
-I/usr/X11R6/include -DHAVE_PNG_H
-I/usr/local/include/libpng -Iext -I/usr/local/include    -fpic  -g -O2 
-c BBoxDeco.cpp -o BBoxDeco.o
In file included from BBoxDeco.hpp:11,
                  from BBoxDeco.cpp:1:
math.h: In function `T math::log2(T)':
math.h:43: error: `::log2' has not been declared
*** Error code 1

Stop in /tmp/R.INSTALL.hVDVXM/rgl/src.
chmod: /usr/local/lib/R/library/rgl/libs/*: No such file or directory
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'rgl'
** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/library/rgl'
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It seems there is a problem with math.h. The FreeBSD manual for math(3) 
says:

   The log2() and nan() functions are missing, and many functions
   are not available in their long double variants.


I do not know how to locate the library that contains function log2, 
sorry. What can I do next to help?

Rainer


Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> Please try the attached.
> 
> Duncan: I fixed some other errors in configure.ac and src/Makevars.in, 
> and added a FIXME. If this works on MacOS X (and I am fairly confident 
> it will on FreeBSD since it now works on Solaris make), I can fix up the 
> FIXME too.
> 
> I was presuming the MacOS code came from Simon Urbanek, but I would have 
> expected him to know better than to use GNU make extensions.
> 
> Brian
> 
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> 
>> The problem is that rgl is apparently written for GNU make, and has 
>> (as shipped)
>>
>> ifdef MAKINGAGL
>> PKG_CPPFLAGS=@AGLCPPFLAGS@ -Iext
>> PKG_LIBS=@AGLLIBS@
>> else
>> PKG_CPPFLAGS= -If:/R/R-2.4.1/src/extra/zlib -DHAVE_PNG_H 
>> -If:/R/R-2.4.1/src/gnuwin32/bitmap/libpng  -Iext
>> PKG_LIBS=-lgdi32 -lopengl32 -lglu32 
>> -Lf:/R/R-2.4.1/src/gnuwin32/bitmap/libpng -
>> lpng -Lf:/R/R-2.4.1/src/extra/zlib -lz
>> endif
>>
>> and similar for BUILDAGL.
>>
>> That seems to have been written to make it workable on MacOS X. Given 
>> that configure knows (or could know) the OS, it seems better to write 
>> (via configure) a separate Makevars for MacOS X and remove all the 
>> ifdef...endif stuff for everyone else.  (If you do that in Makevars.in 
>> it should work.)
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Rainer Hurling wrote:
>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch schrieb:
>>>> On 2/20/2007 1:11 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>>>>> Hi Duncan,
>>>>> I don't know if this will list all the dependencies for your 
>>>>> documentation, since Rick's error messages did not involve 
>>>>> libraries and header files already installed by him for something 
>>>>> else, perhaps.
>>>>
>>>> No, but it's a start:  I'm thinking of something more like a FAQ than
>>>> comprehensive documentation.  Comprehensive docs are not feasible to
>>>> maintain (there are so many systems that Daniel and I don't use), but
>>>> hints that two non-standard packages solved one person's problems might
>>>> be enough of a hint to get someone else going.
>>>
>>> Duncan,
>>>
>>> thank you for this purpose. I am such a person who could need some help
>>> with installing rgl and hope it is ok to place it in this thread.
>>>
>>> My trial to install rgl_0.70.tar.gz on R-2.4.1 on FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT
>>> ends up with errors. Obiously something is wrong with Makevars. I have
>>> no idea what to do next. 'rgl' is one of the rare cases that do not
>>> install under R on FreeBSD.
>>>
>>> The install messages are short:
>>>
>>> -----
>>> #R CMD INSTALL rgl_0.70.tar.gz
>>> * Installing to library '/usr/local/lib/R/library'
>>> * Installing *source* package 'rgl' ...
>>> 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 for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
>>> checking for libpng-config... yes
>>> configure: using libpng-config
>>> configure: using libpng dynamic linkage
>>> configure: creating ./config.status
>>> config.status: creating src/Makevars
>>> ** libs
>>> "Makevars", line 9: Need an operator
>>> "Makevars", line 12: Need an operator
>>> "Makevars", line 15: Need an operator
>>> "Makevars", line 21: Need an operator
>>> "Makevars", line 23: Need an operator
>>> "Makevars", line 36: Need an operator
>>> "Makevars", line 38: Need an operator
>>> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
>>> chmod: /usr/local/lib/R/library/rgl/libs/*: No such file or directory
>>> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'rgl'
>>> ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/library/rgl'
>>> -----
>>>
>>> Are there any experiences with installing rgl on FreeBSD? Do you know if
>>> it is at all possible to get rgl to work on FreeBSD? If I can do
>>> anything like testing or giving more information let me know.
>>>
>>> I appreciate any help. Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>> Rainer Hurling