[R-SIG-Mac] Oops --- still have problems building R from source.

[Simon Urbanek]

On May 27, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:

> 
> On 28/05/2010, at 8:32 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
> 
> 	<SNIP>
> 
>> But now, seriously, why don't use just follow the instructions and do exactly the following (copy/paste):
>> 
>> rm -rf /tmp/build
>> mkdir /tmp/build
>> cd /tmp/build
>> curl -O http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz/src/base/R-2/R-2.11.0.tar.gz
>> tar fxz R-2.11.0.tar.gz
>> mkdir R-x86_64
>> cd R-x86_64
>> ../R-2.11.0/configure r_arch=x86_64 CC="gcc -arch x86_64" \
>> CXX="g++ -arch x86_64" F77="gfortran -arch x86_64" \
>> FC="gfortran -arch x86_64" OBJC="gcc -arch x86_64" \
>> --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib
>> make -j`sysctl -n hw.ncpu`
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Your only technical issue was that fink was messing up your system, but now that it's gone, all you need to do is to use the regular instructions from FAQ/R-admin like all other people.
> 
> 
> Well, that worked.  At last.  Thank you.
> 
> But I ***do*** follow instructions.

All I'll say is that a simple search in the archives is the first thing anyone should do before posting here and if one did it would save a lot of time for everyone:

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-September/006470.html

But don't plan to comment on this thread further.

Cheers,
Simon


>  I had been following instructions,
> and they weren't working.  These instructions are slightly/subtly different
> from what I had previously been told to do.
> 
> As to the ``regular instructions from FAQ/R-admin'' --- that's all very well
> if you know where to look and what the relevant issues are.  When you don't,
> it makes searching for a needle in a haystack trivial by comparison.
> 
> Thanks again for getting my problem sorted.
> 
> 	cheers,
> 
> 		Rolf Turner
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