compilation failed for package Design

 version

 install.packages('Design')

As recommended by Frank Harrell (see his reply below), I changed the 
following line in /Applications/StartR.app/RAqua.app/Contents/etc
from
FLIBS =  -L/usr/local/lib 
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4 
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4/../../.. -lfrtbegin 
-lg2c -lSystem
to
FLIBS =  -L/usr/local/lib 
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4 
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4/../../.. -lg2c 
-lSystem

I could install the package Design (as well as Hmisc), however, I 
got many warnings:

 > install.packages("Design")

...

* Installing *source* package 'Design' ...
** libs
g77   -fno-common  -g -O2 -c lrmfit.f -o lrmfit.o
g77   -fno-common  -g -O2 -c mlmats.f -o mlmats.o
g77   -fno-common  -g -O2 -c robcovf.f -o robcovf.o
gcc -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress -L/usr/local/lib -o 
Design.so lrmfit.o mlmats.o robcovf.o  -L/usr/local/lib 
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4 
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4/../../.. -lg2c 
-lSystem -lcc_dynamic 
-L/Applications/StartR.app/RAqua.app/Contents/bin -lR
ld: warning -L: directory name 
(/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4) does not exist
ld: warning -L: directory name 
(/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4/../../..) does not 
exist
ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _xerbla_
/Applications/StartR.app/RAqua.app/Contents/bin/libR.dylib(print.lo) 
definition of _xerbla_
/System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib(single 
module) definition of _xerbla_
ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _crc32
/Applications/StartR.app/RAqua.app/Contents/bin/libR.dylib(crc32.o) 
definition of _crc32
/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib(crc32.o) definition of _crc32
...

And a bunch of similar warnings appeared. Since the packages work 
for R, I didn't worry too much about this.

Christof

On 03.03.2004, at 10:32, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:

That's not a failure of the package but of the setup on your machine.  I
had a similar problem on linux for which I got the following fix:

It is pretty clearly a difference between the system used to build R and
that used to install the library.  I am pretty sure you can just delete
-lfrtbegin from FLIBS in R_HOME/etc/Makeconf, but it is part of a proper
gcc/g77 installation and so should be there.

On 02.03.2004, at 19:16, Jan de Leeuw wrote:

You need to ask Frank H. for his latest version.

On Mar 2, 2004, at 17:10, Christof Bigler wrote:

When trying to install the Design package, I get compilation errors:
[installing from the X11/Darwin R 1.8.1 version]

 > install.packages("Design")

...
* Installing *source* package 'Design' ...
** libs
g77   -fno-common  -g -O2 -c lrmfit.f -o lrmfit.o
g77   -fno-common  -g -O2 -c mlmats.f -o mlmats.o
g77   -fno-common  -g -O2 -c robcovf.f -o robcovf.o
gcc -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress -L/usr/local/lib 
-o Design.so lrmfit.o mlmats.o robcovf.o  -L/usr/local/lib 
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4 
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4/../../.. 
-lfrtbegin -lg2c -lSystem -lcc_dynamic 
-L/Applications/StartR.app/RAqua.app/Contents/bin -lR
ld: warning -L: directory name 
(/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4) does not exist
ld: warning -L: directory name 
(/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4/../../..) does not 
exist
ld: can't locate file for: -lfrtbegin
make: *** [Design.so] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Design'

As it says, there is no directory 
/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6/3.4, but I have one 
installed from fink: /sw/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.5/3.4

Christof Bigler, Ph.D.
Department of Geography
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309