[R] Installing Package rgl - Compilation Fails - FreeBSD

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Wed Feb 21 15:56:50 CET 2007 

It seems log2 is not used so you can just comment out the line.

I am working on a better configure script, and will have something to show 
you later today.

BDR

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Rainer Hurling wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> -----
> #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'
> -----
>
>
> 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
>

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