[R-sig-Debian] A newbee problem compiling R in ubuntu.

[Kenneth Roy Cabrera Torres]

Thank you to Dr. Dirk I think I find the problem.

I search in the output file of strace and I found
in some place "(Permission denied)" and it show this path
/usr/local/lib/R/library/base/R/base to be the origin of the problem..

Then I :

sudo chmod a+x -R library on the /usr/local/lib/R path, and it seems
that works.

I hope that was the problem... I am still puzzle what causes it,
because I make compilation a lot of times before with other R versions
and it is the first time I got this problem.





El dom, 31-01-2010 a las 22:34 -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel escribió:
> On 31 January 2010 at 23:02, Kenneth Roy Cabrera Torres wrote:
> | Dear R users:
> | 
> | Maybe it is a silly question, but I'm don't understand what am I doing
> | wrong (I make the same steps, and it works).
> 
> Here is a simple suggestion:  go to 
> 
>      http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/
> 
> and read how to obtain pre-built current binaries for your Ubuntu system.
> 
> | In a new karmik koala ubuntu installation I compile the last patched
> | 2.10.1 version of R (r51070).
> | 
> | Every thing was right (I install all the dev libraries I need).
> | 
> | First I type:
> | 
> | ./configure  --enable-R-shlib
> 
> We use more configuration that that so our packages are more complete.
>  
> | And I obtain:
> | 
> | R is now configured for i686-pc-linux-gnu  Source directory:          .
> | Installation directory:    /usr/local
> | C compiler:                gcc -std=gnu99  -g -O2
> | Fortran 77 compiler:       gfortran  -g -O2
> | C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
> | Fortran 90/95 compiler:    gfortran -g -O2
> | Obj-C compiler:         gcc -g -O2
> | Interfaces supported:      X11, tcltk
> | External libraries:        readline, ICU
> | Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, TIFF, NLS, cairo
> | Options enabled:           shared R library, shared BLAS, R profiling,
> | Java
> |   Recommended packages:      yes
> 
> Looks fine, though we end with better BLAS support, profiling support, ...
> 
>   Source directory:          .
>   Installation directory:    /usr
> 
>   C compiler:                gcc -std=gnu99  -g -O2
>   Fortran 77 compiler:       gfortran  -g -O2
> 
>   C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
>   Fortran 90/95 compiler:    gfortran -g -O2
>   Obj-C compiler:	      
> 
>   Interfaces supported:      X11, tcltk
>   External libraries:        readline, BLAS(generic), LAPACK(generic)
>   Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, TIFF, NLS, cairo
>   Options enabled:           shared R library, R profiling, memory profiling, Java
> 
>   Recommended packages:      no
> 
> | Then I type "make", 
> | following with:
> | sudo make install.
> | 
> | Then when I try to call R it shows me this message:
> | 
> | Fatal error: unable to open the base package
> | 
> | But if I work as superuser, like "sudo R", everything works fine.
> | 
> | I understand that it is a privileges issue, but where and how can I fix
> | the problem?
> 
> That is close to impossible to say based on the information you provided.
> Some files must have gotten root access when you meant to have only user
> access.  You could use a tool like strace to see exactly where the access
> fails.
> 
> Or you can simply take advantage of the fact that others have volunteered to
> provide you with timely updates of proper packages you could use.  Your pick.
> 
> Dirk
>  
> | Thank you for your help.
> | 
> | Sorry for the newbee question.
> | 
> | Kenneth
> | 
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