[R-SIG-Mac] compiling from source on ML, tcltk
Prof Brian Ripley
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Mon Sep 3 08:22:41 CEST 2012
On 03/09/2012 01:11, Kasper Daniel Hansen wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Do you need R.app? If not, I would recommend using ActiveTcl Tcl/Tk by e.g.
>>
>> ./configure ...
>> --with-tcl-config=/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/tclConfig.sh
>> --with-tk-config=/Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/tkConfig.sh
>
> I don't have (Tcl|Tk).framework in /Library/Frameworks. I seem to
> recall they were there in earlier versions of the OS.
On my system, that is where ActiveTcl installed. Even when Apple
shipped an Aqua Tcl/Tk, it was old and limited and ActiveTcl is quite
way to get a pre-compiled current version.
> I did some more investigation. Following a suggestion on Stack overflow I did
> sudo ln -s /opt/X11/include/X11 /usr/include
> and that suddenly gave me tcltk capabilities. To be honest, I don't
> understand why. I use
> --X-Includes=/Usr/X11/Include --X-Libraries=/Usr/X11/Lib
If you use /Usr then it may well not work. These tools are
case-sensitive ....
> in my configure script so I don't fully understand why the presence of
> this symbolic link fixes it. But it is an empirical fact it does....
>
> Kasper
>
>
>
>>
>> I've been using it for some time, and it has much nicer ttk widgets.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 02/09/2012 19:21, Kasper Daniel Hansen wrote:
>>>
>>> I now want to get tcltk support working under ML (because I need to
>>> test a few packages).
>>>
>>> I have installed Xquartz and I have just install the new tcltk 8.5.5
>>> from CRAN (which is not signed btw).
>>>
>>> Running configure, I get
>>>
>>> checking for tclConfig.sh... no
>>> checking for tclConfig.sh in library (sub)directories...
>>> /usr/local/lib/tclConfig.sh
>>> checking for tkConfig.sh... no
>>> checking for tkConfig.sh in library (sub)directories...
>>> /usr/local/lib/tkConfig.sh
>>> checking tcl.h usability... yes
>>> checking tcl.h presence... yes
>>> checking for tcl.h... yes
>>> checking tk.h usability... no
>>> checking tk.h presence... no
>>> checking for tk.h... no
>>> checking /usr/local/include/tk8.5/generic/tk.h usability... no
>>> checking /usr/local/include/tk8.5/generic/tk.h presence... no
>>> checking for /usr/local/include/tk8.5/generic/tk.h... no
>>> checking /usr/local/include/tk8.5/tk.h usability... no
>>> checking /usr/local/include/tk8.5/tk.h presence... no
>>> checking for /usr/local/include/tk8.5/tk.h... no
>>> checking /usr/local/include/tcl8.5/tk.h usability... no
>>> checking /usr/local/include/tcl8.5/tk.h presence... no
>>> checking for /usr/local/include/tcl8.5/tk.h... no
>>> checking /usr/local/include/tk.h usability... no
>>> checking /usr/local/include/tk.h presence... no
>>> checking for /usr/local/include/tk.h... no
>>> checking for tk.h... yes
>>>
>>> So it seems to find tcltk. I get a few warnings when it checks for X11
>>> headers:
>>>
>>> checking X11/Intrinsic.h presence... no
>>> configure: WARNING: X11/Intrinsic.h: accepted by the compiler,
>>> rejected by the preprocessor!
>>> configure: WARNING: X11/Intrinsic.h: proceeding with the compiler's result
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> checking X11/Xmu/Atoms.h presence... no
>>> configure: WARNING: X11/Xmu/Atoms.h: accepted by the compiler,
>>> rejected by the preprocessor!
>>> configure: WARNING: X11/Xmu/Atoms.h: proceeding with the compiler's result
>>>
>>> I assume these are unrelated. Although configure seems to find tcltk,
>>> at the end of configure, I get
>>>
>>> R is now configured for x86_64-apple-darwin12.1.0
>>>
>>> Source directory: ../R-2.15.x-src
>>> Installation directory: /usr/local/R/R-2.15.x
>>>
>>> C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -std=gnu99
>>> -g -O2 -std=gnu99 -march=nocona
>>> Fortran 77 compiler: /usr/bin/gfortran-4.2 -arch x86_64 -g
>>> -O2 -march=nocona
>>>
>>> C++ compiler: /usr/bin/g++-4.2 -arch x86_64 -g -O2
>>> -march=nocona
>>> Fortran 90/95 compiler: /usr/bin/gfortran-4.2 -arch x86_64 -g -O2
>>> -march=nocona
>>> Obj-C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -g -O2
>>> -fobjc-exceptions
>>>
>>> Interfaces supported: X11, aqua
>>> External libraries: readline, BLAS(vecLib), LAPACK(in blas), ICU
>>> Additional capabilities: PNG, JPEG, NLS
>>> Options enabled: R profiling, memory profiling, Java
>>>
>>> Recommended packages: yes
>>>
>>> which does not mention tcltk support under 'Interfaces supported'.
>>>
>>> This used to work on Lion, and I am wondering what I am doing wrong.
>>
>>
>> I think you should be wondering what Apple is doing wrong .... But you need
>> to look in config.log to find the root cause.
>>
>>>
>>> My configure script is
>>>
>>> export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>>> ../${SRCDIR}/configure SHELL='/bin/bash' \
>>> --prefix=/usr/local/R/R-${R_VERSION} --disable-R-framework\
>>> CC="/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -std=gnu99" \
>>> CFLAGS="-g -O2 -std=gnu99 -march=nocona" \
>>> CXX="/usr/bin/g++-4.2 -arch x86_64" \
>>> CXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -march=nocona" \
>>> OBJC="/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64" \
>>> F77="/usr/bin/gfortran-4.2 -arch x86_64" \
>>> FFLAGS="-g -O2 -march=nocona" \
>>> FC="/usr/bin/gfortran-4.2 -arch x86_64" \
>>> FCFLAGS="-g -O2 -march=nocona" \
>>> --enable-memory-profiling\
>>> --X-Includes=/Usr/X11/Include --X-Libraries=/Usr/X11/Lib\
>>> --with-system-zlib\
>>> --with-blas='-framework vecLib' --with-lapack
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kasper
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
>> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self)
>> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA)
>> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
--
Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
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