[R] [R-pkgs] package installation fails (RandomFields)

[Martin Maechler]

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>>>>> "DH" == Drew Hoysak <hoysak at wcgwave.ca>
>>>>>     on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:40:32 -0500 writes:

    DH> I have been unable to install the package RandomFields. I am using R 
    DH> 2.9.0-4 on Ubuntu 9.04.

How exactly did you install R?   Just as ubuntu package?  
{probably, given the somewhat particular version number}

    DH> To install, I use the command:

    DH> sudo R CMD INSTALL RandomFields_1.3.37.tar.gz


    DH> The output follows below. Any help Would be appreciated.

    DH> D. Hoysak
    DH> Brandon University


    DH> * Installing to library ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library’
    DH> * Installing *source* package ‘RandomFields’ ...
    DH> ** libs
    DH> g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -g -fpic -g -O2 -c D.H.cc -o D.H.o
    DH> In file included from D.H.cc:27:
    DH> RFsimu.h:38: warning: ‘typedef’ was ignored in this declaration
    DH> RFsimu.h:261: warning: ‘typedef’ was ignored in this declaration
    DH> RFsimu.h:309: warning: ‘typedef’ was ignored in this declaration

    [..........................]
    [..........................]

    DH> RFsimu.h:309: warning: ‘typedef’ was ignored in this declaration
    DH> g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -g -fpic -g -O2 -c win_linux_aux.cc -o 
    DH> win_linux_aux.o
    DH> g++ -shared -o RandomFields.so D.H.o Hyperfcts.o MPP.o MPPFcts.o 
    DH> RFCovFcts.o RFcircembed.o RFdirect.o RFempvario.o RFgetNset.o 
    DH> RFhyperplan.o RFinitNerror.o RFnugget.o RFother.o RFsimu.o RFspectral.o 
    DH> RFtbm.o Xempvario.o addownfctns.o auxiliary.o avltr.o extremes.o 
    DH> modelling.o win_linux_aux.o -llapack -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR
    DH> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llapack
    	^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This looks like a setup problem of the R installation you have;
I'd guess that you would also see problems installing other R
packages that rely on LAPACK.



    DH> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
    DH> make: *** [RandomFields.so] Error 1
    DH> ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘RandomFields’
    DH> * Removing ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/RandomFields’