[R-SIG-Mac] udunits and RNetCDF ... simple or hard to get Mac version?

Jan de Leeuw deleeuw at stat.ucla.edu
Fri Jan 15 03:06:26 CET 2010


Robert, you should look at the config.log first

now, Dave, do you expect udunits-1 or udunits-2 
to be installed ?


On Jan 14, 2010, at 17:57 , David Pierce wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> maintainer of the udunits package here.  Can you install other source
> packages successfully?  Seeing the error "C compiler cannot create
> executables" makes me suspect it's not a problem with the udunits package
> per se.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --Dave
> 
> 
> Robert Chatfield wrote:
>> We have been using both ncdf and  RNetCDF
>> packages, and often enjoy the general approach
>> offered by RNetCDF
>> 
>> That package has not been available on the Mac for
>> some time, it appears, ... but was maybe available
>> last year  (see message below).
>> 
>> According to the CRAN documentation page and my own
>> attempts to acquire RNetCDF,  the problem
>> appears to be with the needed package "udunits"
>> 
>> That package is also useful for atmosphere, oceans,
>> and connected sciences.
>> 
>> With a MacPro 1.1 running 10.5.8 and the indicated R and RGui,
>> I get this result
>> 
>> * installing *source* package ‘udunits’ ...
>> creating cache ./config.cache
>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -arch i386 -std=gnu99 -E
>> checking for gcc... gcc -arch i386 -std=gnu99
>> checking whether the C compiler (gcc -arch i386 -std=gnu99 -g -O2 )
>> works... no
>> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
>> cannot create executables.
>> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘udunits’
>> * removing ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.10/Resources/
>> library/udunits’
>> 
>> The downloaded packages are in
>> 	‘/private/var/folders/pb/pbT1eFNa2RaEvE+1Yx812U+++TI/-Tmp-/RtmpzhkbgP/
>> downloaded_packages’
>>> 
>>> 
>>> sessionInfo()
>> R version 2.10.0 (2009-10-26)
>> i386-apple-darwin9.8.0
>> 
>> locale:
>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>> 
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>> 
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] tools_2.10.0
>> Warning message:
>> In install.packages(c("udunits"), lib = "/Library/Frameworks/
>> R.framework/Resources/library/",  :
>>   installation of package 'udunits' had non-zero exit status
>>> 
>> 
>> ***************
>> Is this hard to fix?
>> Could there be a RNetCDF without the udunits package?  .... I myself
>> use udunits rather rarely.
>> 
>> Bob Chatfield
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:35:40 -0700
>>>> From: Jan de Leeuw <deleeuw at stat.ucla.edu>
>>>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Unable to install package RGtk2
>>>> To: "r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch Mac List"
>>>> 	<r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>>>> Cc: statcompute <statcompute at mta.stat.ucla.edu>
>>>> Message-ID: <FD535A21-B873-4986-8466-876455B77C1C at stat.ucla.edu>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed;
>>>> 	delsp=yes
>>>> 
>>>> I have a 2.5 GB file localxxxxxx.tgz, with xxxxxx indicating the
>>>> date.
>>>> 
>>>> You can get it from afp://gifi.stat.ucla.edu and then
>>>> from my Public directory in /software. Or from a WebDAV connection to
>>>> http://public.me.com/jdeleeuw/software (it's currently gone from
>>>> me.com, but
>>>> it will be there again soon).
>>>> 
>>>> It contains
>>>> 
>>>> a. 64-bit version of R-devel (a.k.a R-2.10.0) with about 600
>>>> packages.
>>>> It supports the
>>>>   GTK+, tcl/tk, SciViews, etc interfaces.
>>>> 
>>>> b. 64-bit version of grass-trunk (a.k.a. GRASS-7.0).
>>>> 
>>>> c. Support-libraries and executables, all 64-bit, for ImageMagick,
>>>> freetype, GDAL, proj,
>>>>   gsl, gmp, mpfr, fftw, mysql, pgsql, hadoop, root, heasoft, hdf4/5,
>>>> netcdf, graphviz,
>>>>   ffmpeg, asymptote, expat, cdd, cfitsio, fontconfig, gc, geos,
>>>> geotiff, gd, tiff, jpeg,
>>>>   png, svg, gettext, harminv, iconv, intl, jags, jasper, las,
>>>> pixman, qhull, readline,
>>>>   sqlite, szip, tcl/tk, udunits, xml2, gtk2, gdk, atk, glib, cairo,
>>>> pango, glade, git,
>>>>   wget, gawk, sed, gs, pkg-config, tramo, seats, x12a, yacas, pvm3
>>>> --- probably more.
>>>> 
>>>> d. A 64-bit version of gcc, g++, gfortran 4.2.5 with gomp.
>>>> Everything,
>>>> including the
>>>>   compilers, is compiled with flags "-m64 -O3 -fopenmp -
>>>> mtune=native" -- "native" in
>>>>   this context means "nocona", i.e. Intel Core Duo.
>>>> 
>>>> e. texlive-2008
>>>> 
>>>> It is updated one or twice per week with recent cvs, svn or git
>>>> versions. It installs in
>>>> /usr/local. The R is pretty snappy on my machine.
>>>> 
>>>> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>> Limitations
>>>> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>> 
>>>> 1. This is for CLI junkies. Normal people will stay away from this.
>>>> 
>>>> 2. The quartz device in R works, but many other things are either GTK
>>>> +, tcl/tk, or even
>>>>   Athena.
>>>> 
>>>> 3. This was compiled on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Your Leopard
>>>> mileage
>>>> may vary. No
>>>>   universal binaries of any sort, of course.
>>>> 
>>>> 4. Basically it creates a separate 64-bit development environment,
>>>> independent of the Apple stuff
>>>>   (and independently, if you want, of the "normal" and nice R and
>>>> GRASS framework-builds and GUIs).
>>>> 
>>>> 5. This is a large file. After unpacking "du -s /usr/local" says
>>>> 14167872 (i.e. 14 GB).
>>>> 
>>>> 6. I am not really supporting this for users outside my department.
>>>> That would be unwise.
>> 
>> 
>> Dr. Robert Chatfield
>> Earth Sciences, MS 245-5
>> NASA Ames Research Center
>> Moffett Field, CA 94035    USA
>> 
>> Ph: 650-604-5490  FAX 650-604-3625
>> 
>> http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/chatfield
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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> David W. Pierce
> Division of Climate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography
> Scripps Institution of Oceanography
> (858) 534-8276 (voice)  /  (858) 534-8561 (fax)    dpierce at ucsd.edu
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> 
> 

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