[R-SIG-Mac] R compile from sources: error in make with gcc-4.7

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 13/09/2012 20:48, Simon Urbanek wrote:
> It seems your compiler doesn't support ObjC. You should get a working
> compiler... Besides, gcc-4.7.x has been reported to break so your
> mileage may vary even if you get Apple driver and a more complete
> compiler. More comments inline below.
>
> Cheers, Simon
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Simon Zehnder wrote:
>
>> Hi R-fellows,
>>
>> I have some fatal errors compiling the R source files with
>> gcc-4.7.1 on my Mountain Lion and I wonder if this is only on my
>> Mac or if it does happen on other Macs too (I use the gcc-4.7 as I
>> want to compile some C++ code that uses OpenMP 3.1).
>>
>> Here is the way I did it:
>>
>> 1. (gcc-4.7) Install gcc-4.7 on my Mac following
>> http://solarianprogrammer.com/2012/07/21/compiling-gcc-4-7-1-mac-osx-lion/
>> (This runs quite well)
>>
>> 2. (Configure) Getting the R-2.15.1.tar.gz from
>> http://cran.r-project.org,
>>
>> I used on the shell:
>>
>> tar -zxvf R-2.15.1.tar.gz cd R-2.15.1* mkdir build && cd build
>>
>> Further, for the R configure to work it needs the XCode Command
>> Line Tools
>>
>> Now as the gcc-4.7 is not the default compiler on my Mac and R
>> needs X11 the configure line is a little nasty but works without
>> errors (see also
>> http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/doc/manual/R-admin.html#Installing-R-under-_0028Mac_0029-OS-X):
>>
>>
>>
../configure CC="gcc-4.7 -arch x86_64" CXX="g++-4.7 -arch x86_64" 
F77="gfortran-4.7 -arch x86_64" FC="gfortran-4.7 -arch x86_64" 
OBJC="gcc-4.7 -arch x86_64" 
-x-libraries=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk/usr/X11/lib 
-x-includes=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk/usr/X11/include 
--with-lapack --with-blas='framework vecLib'
>>
>> (The usual installation given on
>> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/RMacOSX-FAQ.html, i.e.:
>>
>> ../configure CC="gcc-4.7 -arch $arch" CXX="g++-4.7 -arch $arch"
>> F77="gfortran-4.7 -arch $arch" FC="gfortran-4.7 -arch $arch"
>> OBJC="gcc-4.7 -arch $arch" --x-includes=/usr/X11/include
>> --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib --with-blas='framework vecLib'
>> --with-lapack
>>
>> having defined arch=x86_64
>>
>> does not work on my machine, as it seems that XCode installs the
>> Command Line Tools with the X11SDK in
>> /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk/usr/X11.
>
>>
> Again, possibly a problem with your compiler, a supported compiler
> doesn't need that hack. But also 10.8 doesn't come with X11 so I
> assume you installed XQuartz accordingly ...
>
>
>> Compiling with this line usually gives:
>>
>> configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are
>> not available)
>>
>
> Note that the instructions are for Apple compilers and those
> compatible (e.g. FSF builds with Apple driver driver which adds extra
> flags and parses others). For any other compilers, you're on your own
> and the flags may vary.
>
>
>> 3. (Make) Doing now the make gives me huge amount of fatal errors
>> with no clue where it comes from and no google documentations so
>> far. All make output can be seen here:
>> http://pastebin.com/3baL8php
>>
>> I have really no clue where these come from,
>
> They some from including AppKit, apparently your compiler doesn't
> even work with system frameworks. Even if you fix this instance there
> is Quartz as well. There are a lot of broken compiler builds around,
> so I'm not surprised. If you have to avoid all system services, you
> can try to build without aqua, but I don't think that has been tested
> recently on OS X ...

Would yesterday do?

>
>
>> but maybe somebody of you guys has encountered either these errors
>> as well or has found another way to compile R with gcc-4.7?
>>
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>> Simon
>>
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