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

[Sayan Pathak]

Hi Simon,
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. 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?
I appreciate your help.

Thanks,
Sayan




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
>
>