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compiling & installing R devel version on Debian

3 messages · stefano iacus, Brian Ripley

stefano iacus
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Hi all.

I'm compiling the devel version of R on Debian GNU/Linux, and installing it into /usr/local tree (instead of default /usr). So:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/
make
make install

Everything works fine, but when I start R I get the following error messages (traslated from italian, sorry):

Error in dyn.load(x,as.logical(local),as.logical(now)):
     impossible to load the shared library '/usr/lib/R/library/stats/libs/stats.so':
 libR.so:cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Error in dyn.load(x,as.logical(local),as.logical(now)):
     impossible to load the shared library '/usr/lib/R/library/methods/libs/methods.so':
 libR.so:cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

and

package stats in options("defaultPackages") was not found
package methods in options("defaultPackages") was not found


Looks like it's look into the wrong directory tree. But why? Where am I going wrong?

TIA,

Stefano
Brian Ripley
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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Stefano Calza wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
The default *is* --prefix=/usr/local (no trailing space). Are you sure you 
are not getting R confused with some other version, e.g. by having R_LIBS 
set to point to your other installation?

            

      
      
      
    

        
If it passes `make check' then the build is fine, you are just not using it.
Please do try make check before installation.

            

      
      
      
    

        

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      stefano iacus
    

    

      
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Thanks to Prof. Ripley I solved it.

Actually it was my (stupid) fault. In .Renviron I actually set R_LIBS

Thanks again

Stefano

        
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 11:07:00AM +0100, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

        
<Prof>On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Stefano Calza wrote:

        
<Prof>
<Prof>>Hi all.
<Prof>>
<Prof>>I'm compiling the devel version of R on Debian GNU/Linux, and installing 
<Prof>>it into /usr/local tree (instead of default /usr). So:
<Prof>
<Prof>The default *is* --prefix=/usr/local (no trailing space). Are you sure you 
<Prof>are not getting R confused with some other version, e.g. by having R_LIBS 
<Prof>set to point to your other installation?
<Prof>
<Prof>>./configure --prefix=/usr/local/
<Prof>>make
<Prof>>make install
<Prof>>
<Prof>>Everything works fine, but when I start R I get the following error 
<Prof>>messages (traslated from italian, sorry):
<Prof>
<Prof>If it passes `make check' then the build is fine, you are just not using it.
<Prof>Please do try make check before installation.
<Prof>
<Prof>>Error in dyn.load(x,as.logical(local),as.logical(now)):
<Prof>>    impossible to load the shared library 
<Prof>>    '/usr/lib/R/library/stats/libs/stats.so':
<Prof>>libR.so:cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
<Prof>
<Prof>-- 
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<Prof>Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
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