[R-sig-ME] Another case of -1.0 correlation of random effects

[Kevin E. Thorpe]

Douglas Bates wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Kevin E. Thorpe
> <kevin.thorpe at utoronto.ca> wrote:
>> Ben Bolker wrote:
>>>  In that case, just go to http://r-forge.r-project.org/scm/?group_id=60
>>> and follow the instructions:
>>>
>>> svn checkout svn://svn.r-forge.r-project.org/svnroot/lme4
>>>
>>> then navigate to the lme4a directory and build/install it ...
>> It's not my day.  I go to the directory where the lme4a tree is located and
>> type "R CMD build lme4a" and get an error when the process gets to:
>>
>> g++ -I/usr/local/lib/R/include  -I/usr/local/include
>> -I"/usr/local/lib/R/library/Matrix/include"
>> -I"/usr/local/lib/R/library/Rcpp/include"   -fpic  -g -O2 -c glmFamily.cpp
>> -o glmFamily.o
>>
>> In file included from glmFamily.cpp:1:
>> glmFamily.h:5:18: error: Rcpp.h: No such file or directory
>> In file included from glmFamily.cpp:1:
>> [errors continue]
>>
>> I looked at lme4a/src/glmFamily.h and find
>>
>> #include <Rcpp.h>
>> #include <Rmath.h>
>>
>> Now, I have both of these files in my installation, but not in the locations
>> referenced with the -I switches.  My Rcpp.h is found in
>> /usr/local/lib/R/library/Rcpp/lib (not include) and my Rmath.h is
>> found in /usr/local/lib/R/include which doesn't even show up in an -I
>> switch.
>>
>> So, I don't know how these -I switches get generated, but there is a problem
>> somewhere, either with my installation or something else.
>>
>> My installation was a standard build (configure; make; make install).
>>
>> Yes, I fully understand what "unstable" means.  Hopefully these errors are
>> helpful.
> 
> The DESCRIPTION file says that the lme4a package is linking to Matrix
> and Rcpp so you need to have both of those packages installed before
> you can compile lme4a.
> 

They are both installed.  From the DESCRIPTION files on my system:

Package: Rcpp
Title: Rcpp R/C++ interface package
Version: 0.7.11
Date: $Date: 2010-03-26 15:15:51 -0500 (Fri, 26 Mar 2010) $

and

Package: Matrix
Version: 0.999375-38
Date: 2010-03-31


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Kevin E. Thorpe
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Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
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