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Eror message: not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0

8 messages · Ben Bolker, Powers, Randall - BLS

Ben Bolker
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Is there any reason you can't just install an up-to-date version of R (R
2.8.1), from cran.us.r-project.org (or your favorite mirror, see
www.r-project.org) and see if that fixes the problem?  Installing R on SunOS
is not quite the breeze that it is on MacOS, Windows, or Linux, but it's not
that bad ... and you are much more likely to get help from the list if you
make it worth people's while to help you by either (1) explaining why you
are stuck with an old version [regulatory compliance/mission-critical old R
software] or (2) installing recent R and showing that the problem persists.

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I am running 2.6.0 because I can't seem to get 2.8.1 configured
properly. 

When I do ./configure, it goes through a long list, and ends with

 configure: error: --with-iconv=yes (default) and a suitable iconv is
not available

When I run make, I get the message below.


# make
make: not found

So does anybody have any help regarding how do get the install to work?
Otherwise, I am stuck with 2.6.0.

Thanks

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From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
On Behalf Of Ben Bolker
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:49 PM
To: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Eror message: not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0


   Is there any reason you can't just install an up-to-date version of R
(R 2.8.1), from cran.us.r-project.org (or your favorite mirror, see
www.r-project.org) and see if that fixes the problem?  Installing R on
SunOS is not quite the breeze that it is on MacOS, Windows, or Linux,
but it's not that bad ... and you are much more likely to get help from
the list if you make it worth people's while to help you by either (1)
explaining why you are stuck with an old version [regulatory
compliance/mission-critical old R software] or (2) installing recent R
and showing that the problem persists.

 Ben Bolker

        
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Well, for a start how about

./configure --with-iconv=no

 and see where you get from there?

  I don't know where "make" lives on your
machine, but it must be somewhere: /usr/ccs/bin/make ??

find / -name "make" ?

  Ben Bolker

        
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Thanks, that helps some.

When I search for make, it appears in a number of places:

 # find / -name make -print
/usr/share/lib/make
/usr/ccs/bin/make
/usr/xpg4/bin/make
/usr/local/lib/R/library/R-2.8.1/share/make
/usr/local/lib/R/share/make
/usr/local/lib/R-2.8.1/share/make
/apps/oracle/product/10.2/inventory/make
/osmrapps/make
/osmrapps/make/make-3.70/make
/osmrapps/make/make

When I cd to the location you suggested, I get:

# pwd
/usr/ccs/bin
# make check
make: not found
# ./make
make: Fatal error: No arguments to build
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Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks again!

-----Original Message-----
From: Powers, Randall - BLS 
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:27 AM
To: 'Ben Bolker'; r-help at r-project.org
Subject: RE: [R] Eror message: not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0

I am running 2.6.0 because I can't seem to get 2.8.1 configured
properly. 

When I do ./configure, it goes through a long list, and ends with

 configure: error: --with-iconv=yes (default) and a suitable iconv is
not available

When I run make, I get the message below.


# make
make: not found

So does anybody have any help regarding how do get the install to work?
Otherwise, I am stuck with 2.6.0.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
On Behalf Of Ben Bolker
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:49 PM
To: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Eror message: not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0


   Is there any reason you can't just install an up-to-date version of R
(R 2.8.1), from cran.us.r-project.org (or your favorite mirror, see
www.r-project.org) and see if that fixes the problem?  Installing R on
SunOS is not quite the breeze that it is on MacOS, Windows, or Linux,
but it's not that bad ... and you are much more likely to get help from
the list if you make it worth people's while to help you by either (1)
explaining why you are stuck with an old version [regulatory
compliance/mission-critical old R software] or (2) installing recent R
and showing that the problem persists.

 Ben Bolker

        
Powers, Randall - BLS wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
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http://www.nabble.com/Eror-message%3A--not-a-valid-package----installed-
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      Ben Bolker
    

    

      
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From the R directory, after configuring successfully,
try

 /usr/ccs/bin/make

  Do read the INSTALL manual, as BDR suggested ... that
also suggests

MAKE=/usr/ccs/bin/make
$MAKE (instead of "make")

it also sounds like you're inexperienced with
building software (apologies if not true), so the INSTALL
file might be written at too high a level. You might
skim http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/build_sw_on_solaris.html

  good luck
    Ben

        
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You are correct. I am definitely an inexperienced, untrained beginner. I
will read the info in the link. 

I did think to put /usr/ccs/bin in the Root path (I am doing this logged
in as Root).

When I typed make this time, it actually goes through a long process,
but ends with these error messages. Any speculation on these?

Thanks again.


Error code 255
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `libbz2.a'
Current working directory
/usr/local/lib/R/library/R-2.8.1/src/extra/bzip2
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
make libbz2.a
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
Current working directory
/usr/local/lib/R/library/R-2.8.1/src/extra/bzip2
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
list='blas bzip2 pcre zlib  intl'; for d in ${list}; do \
  (cd ${d} && make R) || exit 1; \
done
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
Current working directory /usr/local/lib/R/library/R-2.8.1/src/extra
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
for d in scripts include extra appl nmath unix main modules library; do
\
  (cd ${d} && make R) || exit 1; \
done
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
Current working directory /usr/local/lib/R/library/R-2.8.1/src
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
for d in m4 tools doc etc share src tests  po; do \
  (cd ${d} && make R) || exit 1; \
done
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Bolker [mailto:bolker at ufl.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:17 AM
To: Powers, Randall - BLS
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Eror message: not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0

  From the R directory, after configuring successfully, try

 /usr/ccs/bin/make

  Do read the INSTALL manual, as BDR suggested ... that also suggests

MAKE=/usr/ccs/bin/make
$MAKE (instead of "make")

it also sounds like you're inexperienced with building software
(apologies if not true), so the INSTALL file might be written at too
high a level. You might skim
http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/build_sw_on_solaris.html

  good luck
    Ben

        
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./configure --help  gives a list of configuration options.
  I'm not sure, but it looks like there might be a problem
building bzip libraries -- not sure why.

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.pdf

has Solaris building notes for Solaris, but the only mention
of bzip2 in the manual seems to be under HP-UX ... you've
already put /usr/ccs/bin in your path (as suggested in the
manual) ...

  Anyone else out there have clues?

  Ben

        
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