[R-SIG-Mac] Missing pkg-config and glib

[Simon Urbanek]

David,

On Sep 18, 2009, at 17:40 , David Winsemius wrote:

> I seem to have some missing or broken parts to my Leopard  
> installation. After again attempting to install the Gtk+ dmg inked  
> from the  http://r.research.att.com/#other page I get no error. But  
> attempting to build from source a bioconductor package, Ruuid, I am  
> again seeing an error
>
> checking for pkg-config... no
>

You have to set
PATH=/Library/Frameworks/GTK+.framework/Resources/bin:$PATH
if you want to compile GTK+ packages from sources (although that  
should not be necessary because BioC provides binaries ...). Also the  
choice of compilers can be tricky with GTK+...

Cheers,
Simon


> ... that I have seen several times before, as well as one which Mark  
> Morgan on r-help says is due to a missing Gtk+ library.
>
> > source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
> > biocLite("Ruuid", type="source")
> Using R version 2.9.2, biocinstall version 2.4.12.
> Installing Bioconductor version 2.4 packages:
> [1] "Ruuid"
> Please wait...
>
> Warning in install.packages(pkgs = pkgs, repos = repos, dependencies  
> = dependencies,  :
>  argument 'lib' is missing: using '/Users/davidwinsemius/Library/R/ 
> 2.9/library'
> trying URL 'http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.4/bioc/src/contrib/Ruuid_1.22.0.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 71857 bytes (70 Kb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 70 Kb
>
> * Installing *source* package ‘Ruuid’ ...
> checking for pkg-config... no
> checking for glib-config... no
> configure: error: No glib package information found
> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘Ruuid’
> * Removing ‘/Users/davidwinsemius/Library/R/2.9/library/Ruuid’
> * Restoring previous ‘/Users/davidwinsemius/Library/R/2.9/library/ 
> Ruuid’
>
> (I had been able to install the Ruuid package within the 32 bit R  
> GUI. And I can also build biocLite from source from the 64 bit GUI  
> without any reported errors.)
>
> What should I be looking for to understand and restore my defective  
> pkg-config capabilities?
>
> -- 
>
> David Winsemius, MD
> Heritage Laboratories
> West Hartford, CT
>
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