[R] Build Error on Opensolaris iconvlist

[Uwe Ligges]

Karun Gahlawat wrote:
> Uwe,
> Sorry I missed it. I do have gnu iconv..
> SUNWgnu-libiconv
> 
> ls -lra /usr/lib/*iconv* | more
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          14 Jan 23 21:23 /usr/lib/libiconv.so -> li
> bgnuiconv.so
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          22 Jan 23 21:23 /usr/lib/libgnuiconv.so ->
>  ../gnu/lib/libiconv.so
> 
> And hence the confusion..


Hmmm, then I have no idea. Since I have not Solaris system available 
currently, I cannot test ...

Uwe


> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Uwe Ligges
> <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>>
>> Karun Gahlawat wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Trying to build R-2.8.1. while configuring, it throws error
>>>
>>> ./configure
>>>
>>> checking iconv.h usability... yes
>>> checking iconv.h presence... yes
>>> checking for iconv.h... yes
>>> checking for iconv... yes
>>> checking whether iconv accepts "UTF-8", "latin1" and "UCS-*"... no
>>> checking for iconvlist... no
>>> configure: error: --with-iconv=yes (default) and a suitable iconv is
>>> not available
>>>
>>> I am confused.. sorry new to this..
>>> I can see the iconv binary, headers and libs all in the standard
>>> directory. Please help or redirect!
>>
>> Please read the documentation, the R Installation and Administration manuals
>> tells you:
>>
>> "You will need GNU libiconv: the Solaris version of iconv is not
>> sufficiently powerful. "
>>
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>>> SunOS  5.11 snv_101b i86pc i386 i86pc
>>>
>>> CC: Sun Ceres C++ 5.10 SunOS_i386 2008/10/22
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Karun
>>>
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