[R] Compiling R-2.9.1 on Mac OS X 10.4

[Marc Schwartz]

On Jul 9, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Sinha, Raktim, DFCI wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> I am trying to compile R-2.9.1 on Mac OS-X 10.4 using --enable-R- 
> shlib.
>
>
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> I am not comfortable with Mac/Linux environments and trying to  
> follow the
> instructions from CRAN site to every detail.
>
> The Mac OS did not have a gcc (gcc -version did not work). So I did  
> the
> following:
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> ## For gcc 4.2 and Fortran 4.2.4 Compilers
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> Download gcc-4.2-5566-darwin8-all.tar.gz from
> http://r.research.att.com/tools/#gcc42
>
> unpacked using: sudo tar fvxz gcc-4.2-5566-darwin8-all.tar.gz -C /
>
> Made gcc-4.2 default: sudo link gcc-4.2 gcc
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> Made g++-4.2 default: sudo link g++-4.2 g++
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>
>
> I downloaded the source and tried compiling using:
>
> ./configure --with-blas='-framework vecLib' --with-lapack --with-ICU \
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>       --with-aqua --enable-R-framework --enable-R-shlib
>
>
>
> Got the following error:
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> Configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
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>
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> I have attached the compile.log file.
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> I would really appreciate some help.


The log file did not survive the list spam filters, but is there a  
particular reason that you are compiling from source?

A universal binary installation package (which is built using --enable- 
R-shlib) is available from a CRAN mirror such as:

   http://cran.us.r-project.org/

You might want to review the OSX FAQ as well:

   http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/macosx/RMacOSX-FAQ.html

If you really need to build from source, which is not for the feint of  
heart, begin by reviewing section 2 of the FAQ.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz