[R-sig-Debian] libR.so error to install R-3.5.0 in Ubuntu 18.04

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 20 June 2018 at 16:12, Yifang Tan wrote:
| I tried to install R-3.5.0 from source on my Ubuntu 18.04,

Why?

The binaries we offer via CRAN are _excellent_. I maintain the underlying
Debian source and use them myself on several machines, and have for years.

Just read   https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html    and
follow the instructions.

Otherwise ...

| and met this problem:
| 
| ../../lib/libR.so: undefined reference to 'ucol_strcollIter_58'
| ../../lib/libR.so: undefined reference to 'u_getVersion_58'
| ../../lib/libR.so: undefined reference to 'uloc_setDefault_58'
| ../../lib/libR.so: undefined reference to 'ucol_close_58'
| ../../lib/libR.so: undefined reference to 'ucol_getLocaleByType_58'
| ../../lib/libR.so: undefined reference to 'ucol_setAttribute_58'
| ../../lib/libR.so: undefined reference to 'u_versionToString_58'
| ../../lib/libR.so: undefined reference to 'ucol_open_58'
| ../../lib/libR.so: undefined reference to 'uiter_setUTF8_58'
| ../../lib/libR.so: undefined reference to 'ucol_setStrength_58'
| 
| # collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
| # Makefile:145: recipe for target 'R.bin' failed

You somehow messed something up with libicu* -- looks like you built again
version 58 but you don't have it (not sure how).
| 
| What I did to configure is according to the INSTALL instruction with the
| source code except --with-cairo (which seems un-necessary):

Those are generic instructions so you could ask on r-devel :)  Seriously,
nothing in the R Inst + Admin manual is specific to Debian or Ubuntu.

The rest below looks fine. Your problem is a different one, somehow. But as I
said, why not do what I a bazillion other people do and just use the binary?

Otherwise, you can see my (Debian) builds files here

   https://salsa.debian.org/edd/r-base/tree/master/debian/rules
   https://salsa.debian.org/edd/r-base/tree/master/debian/control
   
and they should carry over easily to 18.04, and with possible adjustments to
16.04, 14.04 and others. I don't think Michael's sources are in git though
(hint, hint, ...)

Dirk
 
| ./configure --prefix=/opt/R/3.5.0 --enable-R-shlib --with-blas
| --with-lapack --with-cairo
| 
| ###################################################################################
| # R is now configured for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
| #
| #   Source directory:          .
| #   Installation directory:    /opt/R/3.5.0
| #
| #   C compiler:                gcc  -g -O2
| #   Fortran 77 compiler:       f95  -g -O2
| #
| #   Default C++ compiler:      g++   -g -O2
| #   C++98 compiler:            g++ -std=gnu++98 -g -O2
| #   C++11 compiler:            g++ -std=gnu++11 -g -O2
| #   C++14 compiler:            g++ -std=gnu++14 -g -O2
| #   C++17 compiler:            g++ -std=gnu++17 -g -O2
| #   Fortran 90/95 compiler:    gfortran -g -O2
| #   Obj-C compiler:
| #
| #   Interfaces supported:      X11, tcltk
| #   External libraries:        readline, BLAS(generic), LAPACK(generic),
| curl
| #   Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, TIFF, NLS, cairo, ICU
| #   Options enabled:           shared R library, R profiling
| #
| #   Capabilities skipped:
| #   Options not enabled:       shared BLAS, memory profiling
| #
| #   Recommended packages:      yes
| #
| ##################################################################################################
| The above error came from make by sudo make.
| 
| There are some threads about the options --enable-R-shlib, but the problem
| stayed with the option turned off. Without --with-cairo option could not
| resolve the problem either.
| After several hours of search, it seems to me it is related to the
| compiling process, but I'm not sure which library is missing, or which
| options should be used to compile/link in my Ubuntu 18.04.
| 
| Thanks a lot!
| 
| Yifang
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