[R-SIG-Mac] R cannot find gsl

[Simon Urbanek]

FWIW: gsl is now available as Mac binary from CRAN without the need  
for the GNU Scientific Library to be installed (as it is statically  
linked).

Cheers,
Simon

On Jun 7, 2007, at 9:07 AM, KK wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I'm trying to install the gsl package and the following (which I'll  
> paste
> below) is returned saying that the GNU Scientific Library cannot be  
> found. I
> installed the GNU Scientific Library using Fink, and as far as I  
> can tell it
> was installed correctly.
>
> WARNING: ignoring environment value of R_HOME
> * Installing *source* package 'gsl' ...
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking for gsl_sf_airy_Ai_e in -lgsl... no
> configure: error: Cannot find Gnu Scientific Library.
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'gsl'
> ** Removing
> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/library/gsl'
>
> Any thoughts on getting R to find the GNU Scientific Library would  
> be very
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
>
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