[R-sig-Fedora] Compiling R-3.3.0 and/or R-3.3.1 with custom location for dependencies like zlib

[Tom Callaway]

On 07/05/2016 12:52 PM, Syagin, Fedor wrote:
> Greetings.
> Sorry I am a bit new to this list.
> I am trying to compile R-3.3.0 and/or R-3.3.1 on computational cluster running Centos 6.6
> I have custom installation of zlib 1.2.8 , but it's not in default /lib /usr/lib /usr/include location and configure script keeps failing when looking for it.
> It doesn't seem to care if correct zlib.h is in path and always seems to find one in /usr/include
> 
> In the past we build R and put in nfs share that used by about 400 nodes to do computation.
> This is first time we having issue with compilation process. zlib dependencies right now are on the same share.
> 
> Is there any way to point configure script to the right location for the prerequisite?
> So far I see people mostly end up using package system, that might not so well for our environment.

Not a good way. Why can't you use the EPEL package?

~tom

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