[R] Help: Error when installing R 2.8.1 in IBM AIX system from source code

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 19/07/2013 6:16 AM, De Xin Luan wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Thanks for your quick response. Let me describe more about my situation.
>
> 1. Patch file - Yes, I found patch didn't change any file, so I manually
> changed 4 files(R-2.8.1/configure, R-2.8.1/configure.ac,
> R-2.8.1/Makeconf.in, R-2.8.1/src/main/Makefile.in) by reading the patch
> file.
>
> 2. why I use old version R 2.8.1 - We want to use SPSS Statistics to call R
> in our server and have to install "Statistics essentials for R" after R is
> installed successfully. In Statistics 20 document, it only supports R 2.8.1
> and provide that install guidance.

In that case, you should be contacting SPSS tech support for help.

Duncan Murdoch

>
> 3. I don't know how to disable HTML format in my mail client. Sorry for
> that. I rewrite colorful part again here as 3.1 and 3.2 :
>
> 3.1 Issue1: during "configure" step, I faced this error:"./configure
> [20510]: "${}": bad substitution".
> And I took action to solve it, the action is :add
> "shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH" before line 20510 of configure file.
>
> 3.2 Issue2: during "make" step, I faced the below error but I don't know
> how to fix it:
>
> ../../../bin/R[206]: "${}": bad substitution
> make: The error code from the last command is 1.
>
> Stop.
>
> 4. Since you said it's not a standard patch, do you have a standard patch
> for R 2.8.1 installation in AIX 7.1 64bit system?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dexin Luan (èïµÂÐÀ)
>
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