[R] bzip2

[Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)]

I don't know what version Linux or other OS you are using, but have you installed the bzip2 development package? It would be named something like  libbz2-dev (that is what it is in Ubuntu, I believe).

Dan

Daniel Nordlund, PhD
Research and Data Analysis Division
Services & Enterprise Support Administration
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services


> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Josef
> Eschgfaeller
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 4:49 PM
> To: r-help
> Subject: [R] bzip2
> 
> I am not able to compile R 3.3,
> configure halting with:
> --------------------------------------------------
> checking for BZ2_bzlibVersion in -lbz2... yes checking bzlib.h usability... yes
> checking bzlib.h presence... yes checking for bzlib.h... yes checking if bzip2
> version >= 1.0.6... no checking whether bzip2 support suffices... configure:
> error:
>                          bzip2 library and headers are required
> --------------------------------------------------
> But my bzip2 seems to be 1.0.6:
> 
> bzip2 --version
> bzip2, a block-sorting file compressor.  Version 1.0.6, 6-Sept-2010.
> type bzip2
> bzip2 is hashed (/opt/local/bin/bzip2)
> type R
> R is hashed (/usr/bin/R)
> R --version
> R version 3.2.0 (2015-04-16) -- "Full of Ingredients"
> --------------------------------------------------
> Thanks for help
> 
> Josef Eschgfaeller
> 
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