[R-sig-Debian] How to install libisl.so.19 on chromebook?

[Luigi Marongiu]

I don't know about the configuration. I installed R using the standard
protocol for Chromebook
http://blog.sellorm.com/2018/12/20/installing-r-and-rstudio-on-a-chromebook/
the rest, it was done by the system itself...

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 1:30 PM Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd using debian.org> wrote:
>
>
> There is something wrong with your system / setup I did not notice first:
>
> On 14 July 2020 at 13:08, Luigi Marongiu wrote:
> | Thank you, it looks like I have already libisl:
> | ```
> | apt search libisl
> | Sorting... Done
> | Full Text Search... Done
> | libisl-dbg/oldstable 0.18-1 amd64
> |   manipulating sets and relations of integer points bounded by linear
> | constraints
> |
> | libisl-dev/oldstable 0.18-1 amd64
> |   manipulating sets and relations of integer points bounded by linear
> | constraints
> |
> | libisl15/oldstable,now 0.18-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
> |   manipulating sets and relations of integer points bounded by linear
> | constraints
> |
> | libisl19/now 0.19-1 amd64 [installed,local]
> |   manipulating sets and relations of integer points bounded by linear
> | constraints
> | ```
> | thus the problem must be with the installation step: I should tell the
> | compiler to look for libisl19 instead of  libisl.so.19...
> |
> | On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 12:54 PM Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd using debian.org> wrote:
> | >
> | >
> | > On 14 July 2020 at 12:26, Luigi Marongiu wrote:
> | > | I am trying to install minpack.lm on R 3.3.3 (Debian version) on a
> | > | Chromebook. But I get this error:
> | > | ```
> | > | > install.packages("minpack.lm")
> | > | Installing package into ‘/home/marongiuluigi/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.3’
> | > | (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
> | > | trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/minpack.lm_1.2-1.tar.gz'
> | > | Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 43029 bytes (42 KB)
> | > | ==================================================
> | > | downloaded 42 KB
> | > |
> | > | * installing *source* package ‘minpack.lm’ ...
> | > | ** package ‘minpack.lm’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> | > | ** libs
> | > | gfortran   -fpic  -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/r-base-3.3.3=.
> | > | -fstack-protector-strong  -c chkder.f -o chkder.o
> | > | /usr/local/libexec/gcc/x86_64-cros-linux-gnu/8.3.0/f951: error while
>
> Why is gfortran calling into /usr/local?
>
> You are outside of the package management system here.  Can you not use the
> package gfortran (and gcc, g++, ...) because ...
>
> | > | loading shared libraries: libisl.so.19: cannot open shared object
> | > | file: No such file or directory
> | > | /usr/lib/R/etc/Makeconf:155: recipe for target 'chkder.o' failed
>
> ... you are trying the packaged R.
>
> Dirk
>
> | > | make: *** [chkder.o] Error 1
> | > | ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘minpack.lm’
> | > | * removing ‘/home/marongiuluigi/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.3/minpack.lm’
> | > | Warning in install.packages :
> | > |   installation of package ‘minpack.lm’ had non-zero exit status
> | > | ```
> | > | I tried to install  libisl.so.19 but:
> | > | ```
> | > | $ sudo apt-get install libisl.so.19
> | > | Reading package lists... Done
> | > | Building dependency tree
> | > | Reading state information... Done
> | > | E: Unable to locate package libisl.so.19
> | > | E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libisl.so.19'
> | > | E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libisl.so.19'
> | > | ```
> | > | I downloaded libisl.so.19 for debian, but where shall I place it?
> | > | Is there an easier way to install this library?
> | > | Thank you
> | >
> | > That is not the correct package name as it is a _file name_.
> | >
> | > Use eg
> | >
> | >  https://packages.debian.org/
> | >
> | > to search (go to Search the contents of packages) or search directly via
> | >
> | >  apt search libisl
> | >
> | > which will lead you to packages
> | >
> | >  libisl-dev
> | >  libisl22           # on the release I run on Ubuntu right now
> | >
> | > with a major name reflecting the current release. For an older version I find
> | > the package search above useful, there are other pages too.
> | >
> | > Hope this helps,  Dirk
> | >
> | > --
> | > https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd using debian.org
> |
> |
> |
> | --
> | Best regards,
> | Luigi
>
> --
> https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd using debian.org



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Best regards,
Luigi