[R-SIG-Mac] R-alpha on SL system

[Simon Urbanek]

On Oct 11, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Roger Koenker wrote:

> Thanks Simon.  Starting with a fresh source directory and building
> one level up from the source did indeed resolve everything just as
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-September/006470.html
> My usual set of packages also installed fine except for rgl once I  
> realized that I need
> to invoke R as R --arch x86_64.
>
> Thanks for your patience,
> Roger
>
> PS.  Is the rgl a known issue?   I get
>
> checking for X... no
> configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted.
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
> * removing '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.10/Resources/ 
> library/rgl'
>

I'll have to check, on SL you may need to specify /usr/X11 -- the  
autodetection sometimes doesn't work, but I' don't remember what rgl  
uses... I'll check it out later (the build machine is still 10.5 so  
the binaries should not be affected).

Thanks,
Simon



> but
> > sessionInfo()
> R version 2.10.0 alpha (2009-10-09 r50012)
> i386-apple-darwin10.0.0
>
> locale:
> [1] C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
>
> > capabilities()
>    jpeg      png     tiff    tcltk      X11     aqua http/ftp  sockets
>    TRUE     TRUE    FALSE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
>  libxml     fifo   cledit    iconv      NLS  profmem    cairo
>    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE    FALSE
>
>
>
> On Oct 11, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>
>> Roger,
>>
>> from your logs you are still using the wrong compilers (missing - 
>> arch flags) and not following the instructions (you're building in  
>> the sources as far as I can tell). Please make sure you're setting  
>> FC and F77 correctly including the -arch flag and don't build in  
>> the sources. If in doubt, please send us the exact configure line  
>> you're using. (And make sure you remove everything in the build  
>> directory before re-trying).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>>
>>
>> On Oct 11, 2009, at 3:54 PM, Roger Koenker wrote:
>>
>>> Simon,
>>>
>>> I read this thread,
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-September/006463.html
>>>
>>> but didn't see this post:
>>>
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-September/006470.html
>>>
>>> Unfortunately,  I can't get this to work either, the configure  
>>> step seems to
>>> end normally, although there is a warning about "missing packages.  
>>> but
>>>
>>> make -j8 && make install
>>>
>>> ends with error:  cannot use Fortran.  But
>>> yzzy: which gfortran /usr/local/bin/gfortran yzzy:
>>> gfortran --version
>>> GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.2.3
>>> Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>> As for the binary install,  the pkg installer produced eventually
>>> a window that said "Failed"   in red rather than the usual green
>>> Installation Successful  -- but it wasn't clear where to look
>>> for the entrails.  I've replaced the old config.log on the web
>>> with the new one based on the recommended configure lines.
>>>
>>> On Oct 11, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roger,
>>>>
>>>> please read the list before posing - I have even posted detailed  
>>>> instructions for SL (you are mixing 32 bit and 64 bit). As for  
>>>> the binary install -- can you, please, share the details with us?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Simon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 11, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Roger Koenker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to install R-alpha R-2.10.0 (yesterdays version) on  
>>>>> a mac pro system that I've
>>>>> recently upgraded to SL and xcode 3.2.   I've tried both the  
>>>>> binary install which fails, and
>>>>> building from source:  the config.log file can be seen here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.econ.uiuc.edu/~roger/config.log
>>>>>
>>>>> Version 2.9.2 built from sources without problems after the SL  
>>>>> upgrade.... which I
>>>>> took as a good omen for the general sanity of the system, but  
>>>>> apparently this was
>>>>> a mistake.
>>>>>
>>>>> I presume that this has something to do with conflicts with old  
>>>>> gfortrans.  I've installed
>>>>> gfortran 4.2.3 but perhaps there are remnants of older versions  
>>>>> still hanging around?
>>>>> Many thanks for any hints,
>>>>>
>>>>> Roger
>>>>>
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