[R] rgl build warnings and loading error on Linux

[Prof Brian Ripley]

>From the 'R Installation and Administration Manual':

   Note that @env{TMPDIR} will be used to execute @command{configure}
   scripts when installing packages, so if @code{/tmp} has been mounted as
   @samp{noexec}, @env{TMPDIR} needs to be set to a directory from which
   execution is allowed.

'If all else fails, read the manual'.

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Liviu Andronic wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>>  I've never seen that.  Is there something unusual about the filesystem so
>> it does not recognize rgl/configure is executable?  (We've seen that on SMB
>> filesystems with the wrong mount options.)
>>
>
> In /etc/fstab, I have the following.
> tmpfs           /tmp            tmpfs
> defaults,size=100M,mode=1777,noexec,nosuid 0 0
>
> Mounting /tmp with "noexec" is a security measure, since /tmp may
> easily become a vulnerable spot on a Linux system.

I suggest you talk to an expert about that.

>>  What I suggest you try is
>>
>>  - unpack the rgl tarball.
>>  - cd rgl
>>  - R CMD ./configure
>>  - cd ..
>>  - R CMD INSTALL rgl
>>
>
> Running "R CMD INSTALL rgl" from my reiserfs / partition was enough
> for the ./configure script to get executed and for rgl to build
> properly [1]. Now I can dyn.load() rgl with no error messages,
> although it is somewhat crashy. I will report here if I get any
> meaningful error messages.
>
> Thanks goes to all who contributed with their suggestions.
> Best regards,
> Liviu
>
>
> [1] http://www.geocities.com/landroni/rgl_build_02.txt
>

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