Problems with installing Rmpi on x86_64
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Krzysztof Kolanek wrote:
Dear All, I am trying to install Rmpi on AMD 64 with Fedora Core 2 for x86_64, but I receive the following error: /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.3.3/../../../../lib64/libmpi.a(abort.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/lib/gcc-lib/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.3.3/../../../../lib64/libmpi.a: could not read symbols: Bad value Could anyone help me to solve this problem?
It's not an R issue, but please do as it says and build a shareable version of libmpi. There some comments about this in the R-admin manual.
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