[R-SIG-Mac] 64-bit R-build on Intel Mac

[Simon Urbanek]

Sayan,

On Aug 29, 2007, at 2:34 PM, Sayan Pathak wrote:

> Thanks for the fast response.
>
> I downloaded the tar ball and uncompressed it. Then ran the  
> configure script under R-2.5.1
> as suggested in the http://r.research.att.com/exp/
>
> I am getting the following messages after the configure script goes  
> on and just before it stalls.
>
> >> checking for cblas_cdotu_sub in vecLib framework... -framework  
> vecLib
> >> checking for dgemm_ in -framework vecLib... yes
> >> checking whether double complex BLAS can be used... no
> >> checking whether the BLAS is complete... yes
> >> checking for zgeev_... yes
> >> checking iconv.h usability... yes
> >> checking iconv.h presence... yes
> >> checking for iconv.h... yes
> >> checking for iconv... no
> >> checking for iconvlist... no
> >> configure: error: --with-iconv=yes (default) and a suitable iconv  
> is not available
>
> I have no idea what iconv is.

man iconv will tell you


> My apologies if this is a naive question. I am new to Mac and also  
> compiling R from source for the first time. Could you please suggest  
> what should I be doing?


Use --without-iconv (or compile 64-bit libiconv from Apple sources if  
you know how). Tiger has 32-bit iconv only, so you have either to  
disable iconv support or to get the 64-bit version.

Cheers,
Simon


>
> On Aug 29, 2007, at 6:02 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 28, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Sayan Pathak wrote:
>>
>>> I was trying to build the R build using the directions given at
>>> http://r.research.att.com/exp/.
>>>
>>> I got through most of the steps till it asked me to run ./configure.
>>> My question is where is this file located? I am looking at /Library/
>>> Frameworks/R.framework. I tried searching for file titled  
>>> "configure"
>>> but got an empty return.
>>>
>>
>> You're looking at the already installed *binary* verison of R. In  
>> order to compile R you need it in its *source* form. You can get it  
>> from CRAN, for example
>> http://cran.us.r-project.org/src/base/R-2/R-2.5.1.tar.gz
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>>
>>
>
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