Compiling R under Caldera Open Linux 2.2 (PR#268)

To: jnf@pcisys.net
Subject: Compilation of R under Caldera OpenLinux 2.2

On Sat, 28 Aug 1999 jnf@pcisys.net wrote:

I am attempting to compile R-0.64.2 under Caldera OpenLinux 2.2.  I have
KDE installed but not gnome.  When I ran configure, it correctly
indicated that gnome is not installed.  However when I then ran make, I
received errors complaining that  the include file X11/X.h and similar
are not found.

....

However, you do have X11 on your machine if you have KDE, and you
definitely do want to use X11 in R to get graphics.

 You may not have the X11 header files installed -- they should be
somewhere under /usr/X11 or /usr/include/X11.  If the header files aren't
installed then you will need to install them. They will be on your
distribution CD, perhaps in a package called something like x-devel.

They are in the file Packages/RPMS/XFree86-devel-3.3.3.1-4.i386.rpm

(On the RedHat 6.0 distribution, there is
XFree86-devel-3.3.3.1-49.i386.rpm
which seems to be a later version.)

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I have been wrestling with this also.  I had to install g77 from
the distribution CD, then the above rpm.
Having got this in order, I then received extensive output,
terminated by the following (which I have formatted on to
multiple lines):

gcc -export-dynamic -o ../../bin/R.X11 arithmetic.o array.o attrib.o
 bind.o builtin.o character.o coerce.o colors.o complex.o context.o
 cov.o cum.o debug.o devPS.o devPicTeX.o deparse.o deriv.o devices.o
 dotcode.o dstruct.o duplicate.o envir.o errors.o eval.o format.o
 fourier.o gram.o gram-ex.o graphics.o iosupport.o list.o logic.o
 main.o match.o memory.o model.o names.o objects.o optimize.o
 options.o par.o paste.o platform.o plot.o plot3d.o plotmath.o
 print.o printarray.o printvector.o printutils.o random.o relop.o
 saveload.o scan.o seq.o sort.o source.o split.o subassign.o
 subscript.o subset.o summary.o unique.o util.o version.o
 ../unix/libunix.a ../appl/libappl.a ../nmath/libmath.a -lSM -lICE
 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/egcs-2.91.66
 -L/usr/i386-linux/lib -lg2c -lm -lg2c: -ldl -lm
 /usr/i386-linux/bin/ld: cannot open -lg2c: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [../../bin/R.X11] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory
`/home/john/BUILD/src/main' make[2]: *** [R] Error 2 make[2]:
Leaving directory `/home/john/BUILD/src/main' make[1]: *** [R] Error
1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/john/BUILD/src' make: *** [R]
Error 1

I have been unable to find anything on the distribution CD that
might answer to the lg2c.  Any clues would be welcome.

These difficulties aside, the Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 distribution
is much more novice-friendly than RedHat 6.0.  Configuration is
much quicker and more straightforward.

John Maindonald               email : john.maindonald@anu.edu.au
Statistical Consulting Unit,  phone : (6249)3998
c/o CMA, SMS,                 fax   : (6249)5549
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Australian National University
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Australia