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installing R on Irix

2 messages · Cserháti Mátyás, Peter Dalgaard

Cserháti Mátyás
# 
Hello veeryone, I nedd some help here.

The problem is I was trying to install R on my Irix system, with little 
success: I got the following ugly error messages: watch out:


begin installing recommended package mgcv
Cannot create directory "": No such file or directory
* Installing *source* package 'mgcv' ...
** libs
gmake[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/R.INSTALL.13709658/mgcv/src'
gcc -I/usr/home/csmatyi/programs/R/R-2.1.0/include  -
I/usr/local/include     -g -O2 -c gcv.c -o gcv.o
gcc -I/usr/home/csmatyi/programs/R/R-2.1.0/include  -
I/usr/local/include     -g -O2 -c magic.c -o magic.o
gcc -I/usr/home/csmatyi/programs/R/R-2.1.0/include  -
I/usr/local/include     -g -O2 -c mat.c -o mat.o
gcc -I/usr/home/csmatyi/programs/R/R-2.1.0/include  -
I/usr/local/include     -g -O2 -c matrix.c -o matrix.o
as: Error: /var/tmp/ccAomyDd.s, line 23679: register expected
      dmtc1 244($sp),$f0
as: Error: /var/tmp/ccAomyDd.s, line 23679: Undefined symbol: 244
gmake[3]: *** [matrix.o] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/R.INSTALL.13709658/mgcv/src'
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'mgcv'
** Removing '/usr/home/csmatyi/programs/R/R-2.1.0/library/mgcv'
gmake[2]: *** [mgcv.ts] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/csmatyi/programs/R/R-
2.1.0/src/library/Recommended'
gmake[1]: *** [recommended-packages] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/csmatyi/programs/R/R-
2.1.0/src/library/Recommended'
gmake: *** [stamp-recommended] Error 2


What could the problem be here?

Thanks, Matthew C.
Peter Dalgaard
# 
Cserh??ti M??ty??s <cs_matyi at freemail.hu> writes:
Offhand: You seem to be using the system assembler "as" on the output
of gcc. Sometimes one needs the GNU assembler ("gas") in which case
you likely need to install the GNU binutils. If that is the case, it
is quite surprising that you got that far, but stranger things have
happened...