[R-sig-Debian] Rcpp problems while installing httpuv / running build-dep r-base-core

[Sasha Cuerda]

Hello all,

I am in the process of trying to install Shiny Server on a DreamHost VPS.
As Shiny Server must be built on Debian, I've been muddling my way through
the steps but I have run into a roadblock w/ httpuv.

Following these https://github.com/rstudio/httpuv instructions, I ran the
devtools::install_github('httpuv', 'rstudio') command and received the
error pasted below.

devtools::install_github("httpuv", "rstudio")
Installing github repo httpuv/master from rstudio
Downloading httpuv.zip from
https://github.com/rstudio/httpuv/archive/master.zip
Installing package from /tmp/RtmpFFihBG/httpuv.zip
arguments 'minimized' and 'invisible' are for Windows only
Installing httpuv
'/usr/lib64/R/bin/R' --vanilla CMD INSTALL  \
  '/tmp/RtmpFFihBG/devtools64b428f5bfa0/httpuv-master'  \
  --library='/usr/local/lib/R/site-library' --install-tests

* installing *source* package 'httpuv' ...
** libs
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I./libuv/include -I./http-parser
-I./sha1 -I./base64  -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include"
-fpic  -O3 -pipe  -g  -c RcppExports.cpp -o RcppExports.o
RcppExports.cpp:4:18: error: Rcpp.h: No such file or directory
RcppExports.cpp:6: error: 'Rcpp' is not a namespace-name
RcppExports.cpp:6: error: expected namespace-name before ';' token
RcppExports.cpp:9: error: variable or field 'sendWSMessage' declared void
RcppExports.cpp:9: error: 'string' is not a member of 'std'
RcppExports.cpp:9: error: expected primary-expression before 'bool'
RcppExports.cpp:9: error: 'Rcpp' has not been declared
RcppExports.cpp:10: error: 'RcppExport' does not name a type
RcppExports.cpp:21: error: variable or field 'closeWS' declared void
RcppExports.cpp:21: error: 'string' is not a member of 'std'
RcppExports.cpp:22: error: 'RcppExport' does not name a type
RcppExports.cpp:31: error: 'Rcpp' has not been declared
RcppExports.cpp:31: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type
conversion before 'makeTcpServer'
RcppExports.cpp:32: error: 'RcppExport' does not name a type
RcppExports.cpp:48: error: 'Rcpp' has not been declared
RcppExports.cpp:48: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type
conversion before 'makePipeServer'
RcppExports.cpp:49: error: 'RcppExport' does not name a type
RcppExports.cpp:65: error: variable or field 'destroyServer' declared void
RcppExports.cpp:65: error: 'string' is not a member of 'std'
RcppExports.cpp:66: error: 'RcppExport' does not name a type
RcppExports.cpp:75: error: 'uint32_t' was not declared in this scope
RcppExports.cpp:76: error: 'RcppExport' does not name a type
RcppExports.cpp:86: error: 'RcppExport' does not name a type
RcppExports.cpp:94: error: 'string' in namespace 'std' does not name a type
RcppExports.cpp:95: error: 'RcppExport' does not name a type
make: *** [RcppExports.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'httpuv'
* removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/httpuv'
Error: Command failed (1)


I am at a bit of a loss as to how to proceed. I have tried the instructions
here http://www.rstudio.com/ide/docs/packages/prerequisites, specifically

sudo apt-get build-dep r-base-core

When I run that, I get this error:

E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list

I think that this is the source of my error, but I cannot figure out how to
fix this. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Sasha