Message-ID: <baa5e9bc-75b-d927-bc89-a8e42fefc1e4@reclus2.nhh.no>
Date: 2025-04-16T15:52:20Z
From: Roger Bivand
Subject: Fedora 42 R source build issues
In-Reply-To: <CALEXWq3Jku627YvhdsRGbFtXLUXPtCuNY_vbV_JrYBQneFqA6Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 16 Apr 2025, I?aki Ucar wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 at 09:48, Roger Bivand via R-SIG-Fedora
> <r-sig-fedora at r-project.org<mailto:r-sig-fedora at r-project.org>> wrote:
> Building R 4.5.0 from source on Fedora 42 hits problems because 42 ships
> with Tcl/Tk 9. tcl8-devel and tk8-devel are available and can be used,
> but I haven't yet found a viable incantation yet. Neither R released nor
> devel support Tcl/Tk 9 https://www.tcl-lang.com/software/tcltk/9.0.html.
>
> Yes, you just need to install tcl8-devel and tk8-devel (and tell dnf to
> remove version 9 if it's already there) and compile as usual.
>
> Building against external BLAS is also not self-evident, so may need
> guidance.
>
> Building against FlexiBLAS is recommended. So you need to install
> flexiblas-devel, then tell R via --with-blas=flexiblas --with-lapack.
Thanks, I was missing flexiblas-devel.
Roger
>
> See the configure part of our spec for a complete reference of what we
> do:
>
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/R/blob/rawhide/f/R.spec#_326
>
> I?aki
>
>
> Any suggestions welcome!
>
> Roger
>
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> Roger Bivand
> Emeritus Professor
> Department of Economics
> Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway
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Roger Bivand
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