[R] please, cant install rodbc into R-project

[Marc Schwartz]

I have not used SUSE, but it has a GUI based package management tool called YaST and a command line tool called Zypper. Based upon a Google search, it looks like you will need to use one of them to install the Software Development tool related packages, which are apparently and not surprisingly, not available in a basic installation. As a new user, the GUI based YaST may be easier for you.

Some more information is available at:

  http://en.opensuse.org/YaST
  http://en.opensuse.org/Zypper

and there are SUSE user assistance forums at:

  http://forums.opensuse.org/

Detlef has also provided some basic information here:

  http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/suse/

specific to R and SUSE. I am not clear on how you installed R in the first place, but hopefully the above resources can get you moving forward.

If you are going to use Linux, you really need to buy a book on using it, specific to your distribution, to provide a basic OS support and reference resource. 

HTH,

Marc


On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:53 AM, maysider wrote:

> 
> thank you for your quick response,
> 
> I have openSUSE 11.2 basic installation. I really don't know what and
> how to install
> 
> thank you
> 
> m
> 
> On 12 March 2010 14:49, Marc Schwartz-3 [via R]
> <ml-node+1590531-70615818-185353 at n4.nabble.com> wrote:
>> On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:58 AM, maysider wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I have working unixODBC (tested isql), but rodbc does not want to
>>> install....Ive read the manual how to install rodbc, but I am not linux
>>> user
>>> so I do not understand well. Can anyone write me the necessary steps?
>>> 
>>> thank you
>>> 
>>> m
>>> 
>>>> install.packages(c("RODBC"))
>>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>>> trying URL
>>> 'http://mirrors.softliste.de/cran/src/contrib/RODBC_1.3-1.tar.gz'
>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 990220 bytes (967 Kb)
>>> opened URL
>>> ==================================================
>>> downloaded 967 Kb
>>> 
>>> * installing *source* package ‘RODBC’ ...
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 143: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 144: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 220: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 143: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 144: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 220: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 143: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 144: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 220: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 143: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 144: make: command not found
>>> /usr/lib64/R/bin/config: line 220: make: command not found
>>> checking for gcc... no
>>> checking for cc... no
>>> checking for cc... no
>>> checking for cl... no
>>> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
>>> See `config.log' for more details.
>>> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘RODBC’
>>> * removing ‘/usr/lib64/R/library/RODBC’
>>> 
>>> The downloaded packages are in
>>>        ‘/tmp/Rtmp8YrphM/downloaded_packages’
>>> Updating HTML index of packages in '.Library'
>>> Warning message:
>>> In install.packages(c("RODBC")) :
>>>  installation of package 'RODBC' had non-zero exit status
>>>> 
>>> 
>> You appear to be missing the required programming development tools (C
>> compiler, make, etc.) which are needed to install RODBC on Linux. The RODBC
>> source package contains C code, which requires local compilation during
>> installation.
>> 
>> You have not told us which Linux distribution you are using and the details
>> of how to go about installing these other components are dependent upon
>> knowing that.
>> 
>> If you have access to a local Linux expert/SysAdmin, I would recommend
>> seeking them out to assist you with this.
>> 
>> See the Posting Guide for more information on how to help us help you:
>> 
>>   http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> 
>> HTH,
>> 
>> Marc Schwartz