[R-SIG-Mac] compiling from source on ML, tcltk
Simon Urbanek
simon.urbanek at r-project.org
Tue Sep 4 17:05:32 CEST 2012
On Sep 4, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Kasper Daniel Hansen <kasperdanielhansen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 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
>> ....
>
> Thanks, the lines I have in my email I wrong - I did some manual
> editing as I was testing some stuff.
>
> So to be clear, I use
> --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib\
> Without the symbolic link I get aqua, X11 support
>
> With the symbolic link I get aqua, X11, tcltk support
>
> Looking at config.log, it seems that all the test tcl and/or tk
> programs complaining about missing X11/Xlib.h. When I look at the gcc
> command, I see stuff like
> /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -std=gnu99 -E -I/usr/local/include
> -I/usr/local/include conftest.c
> Include directories depends on on which test we are talking about, but
> never includes the directory I specified with --x-includes, which
> seems wrong to me.
>
> This could explain why making the symlink (so we have X11/Xlib.h under
> /usr/include) makes tcltk work.
>
That's the wrong location, certainly.
However, could it be that your problem is a missing /usr/X11R6 symlink?
Cheers,
Simon
>
>>
>>
>>> 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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