[R] R-2.5.0 compilation problem on Linux powerpc

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Vivek Menon wrote:

> uname -a gives me this:==========
> Linux XXXXXXXX 2.6.21.1-xserve #17 SMP Thu Jun 14 19:45:57 MDT 2007 ppc64
> ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux
> ===========
> Also when I configure I see the foll. output:
> ====================
> R is now configured for powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu

That might be the problem: 'powerpc64' not 'ppc64'.  What Linux distro is 
this?

> Source directory:          .
> Installation directory:    /usr/local
>
> C compiler:                gcc -std=gnu99  -g -O2
> Fortran 77 compiler:       gfortran  -g -O2
>
> C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
> Fortran 90/95 compiler:    gfortran -g -O2
> Obj-C compiler:
>
> Interfaces supported:
> External libraries:        readline
> Additional capabilities:   PNG, iconv, MBCS, NLS
> Options enabled:           shared BLAS, R profiling, Java
>
> Recommended packages:      yes
> ============================
> Do you have any suggestions??

And what is the setting of the flags I mentioned?  See the manual I 
pointed you to, or the Makeconf file?


> Thanks,
> Vivek
> On 6/25/07, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> Is this ppc32 or ppc64?  (What does uname -a say?)
>> 
>> If the former, you might need to set CPICFLAGS and FPICFLAGS to -fPIC
>> (rather than -fpic): please look these up in the R-admin.html file (which
>> INSTALL points you to).
>> 
>> For ppc64 configure should have found -fPIC.
>> 
>> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Vivek Menon wrote:
>> 
>> > Hello everybody,I am having an error while compiling R-2.5.0 on Linux
>> > powerpc.
>> > This is what I see when I do a make:
>> >
>> >
>> > gcc -std=gnu99 -shared -L/usr/local/lib -o grDevices.so chull.o
>> devNull.o
>> > devPicTeX.o devPS.o devQuartz.o init.o
>> > ../../../../library/grDevices/libs/grDevices.so is unchanged
>> > make[5]: Leaving directory
>> > `/home/vivekv/sw_alg/R-2.5.0/src/library/grDevices/src'
>> >
>> > make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/vivekv/sw_alg/R-2.5.0
>> > /src/library/grDevices/src'
>> > Warning: unable to load shared library '/home/vivekv/sw_alg/R-2.5.0
>> > /modules//lapack.so':
>> >  /home/vivekv/sw_alg/R- 2.5.0/modules//lapack.so: R_PPC_REL24 relocation
>> at
>> > 0x0e65d7e4 for symbol `strlen' out of range
>> > Error in solve.default(rgb) : lapack routines cannot be loaded
>> > Error: unable to load R code in package 'grDevices'
>> > Execution halted
>> > make[3]: *** [all] Error 1
>> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/vivekv/sw_alg/R-2.5.0
>> > /src/library/grDevices'
>> > make[2]: *** [R] Error 1
>> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/vivekv/sw_alg/R- 2.5.0/src/library'
>> > make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
>> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/vivekv/sw_alg/R-2.5.0/src'
>> > make: *** [R] Error 1
>> >
>> > Please let me know what needs to be done for a successful installation.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Vivek
>> >
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>> >
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>> 
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>

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595