Matrix package: compilation error

Hi Rainer,

check the following post for an alternative solution:

http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/06/01/18908.html

if you would like more detailed instructions, let me know.

Andrew


On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:10:45PM +0200, Rainer Hurling wrote:

Thanks, Brian and Martin,

I think you are both right, Matrix tries to use BSD make (/usr/bin/make) 
on FreeBSD instead of GNU make (/usr/local/bin/gmake).

Sorry, but I don't know how to persuade the configure script to use 
gmake :-(

Rainer


Prof Brian Ripley schrieb:

This is because of the GNUism in Matrix/src/Makefile

## get rid of this, once we have 'Depends: R (>= 2.5.0)':
ifeq (, $(findstring -lRlapack, $(LAPACK_LIBS)))
SOURCES_LAPACK =
else
SOURCES_LAPACK = zpotf2.f zpotrf.f zlacgv.f
endif

I guess you know what you need to do to fix it for BSD make?

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, Rainer Hurling wrote:

Trying to compile the package Matrix_0.9975-11.tar.gz with newest
R-2.5.0 alpha (2007-03-31 r40986) on FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT (i386) I get
the following error:

-----
R CMD INSTALL Matrix_0.9975-11.tar.gz
* Installing to library '/usr/local/lib/R/library'
* Installing *source* package 'Matrix' ...
** libs
** arch -
"Makefile", line 10: Missing dependency operator
"Makefile", line 12: Need an operator
"Makefile", line 14: Need an operator
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Matrix'
** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/library/Matrix'
-----


Under FreeBSD I have installed the LAPACK package (3.0.2) with library
at location

/usr/local/lib/liblapack.so.4

Is it possible that the Makefile of package Matrix fails because of that?

Not used unless you asked for it during R's configure.