Problems to install a package

There error here is, as it says:

make: gfortran-4.8: No such file or directory

In other words, `make` is attempting to call `gfortran-4.8` to compile
FORTRAN code in your package, but is unable to find it -- likely
because it's not installed.

Since 'gfortran' is no longer distributed as part of Apple's command
line tools, you'll need to install it from another source -- Simon
Urbanek hosts a version of 'gfortran' at http://r.research.att.com/
(more specifically, in the `libs` directory at
http://r.research.att.com/libs/gfortran-4.8.2-darwin13.tar.bz2).
You'll want to unpack it in the root folder at `/` (or move it there
after unpacking); the directory structure is such that the necessary
pieces are dumped into `/usr/local/` and R will by default be able to
discover everything needed.

Alternatively (if you're prepared to do a bit more work),

you can use
the OS X package manager homebrew to install 'gcc' and hence
'gfortran'. Install homebrew following the instructions here:

    http://brew.sh/

and then, from the command line, call

    brew install gcc

This will install an up-to-date version of both 'gcc' and 'gfortran'.
Since it won't be installed into a directory that's 'visible' to R by
default, you'll need to tell R how to find it -- you can check the
StackOverflow questions + responses here for ideas on how to
accomplish that.

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29992066/rcpp-warning-directory-not-found-for-option-l-usr-local-cellar-gfortran-4-8
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19920281/rcpparmadillo-compile-errors-on-os-x-mavericks/19920761#19920761

As an aside -- I am not sure why make is attempting to call
`gfortran-4.8` rather than `gfortran`. You might have to check
`~/.R/Makevars` or other package configuration variables. (Do you
_really_ need to be compiling with `gfortran-4.8` specifically?)

Hope this helps,
Kevin


On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 7:19 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:

On Jul 27, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Jos? Carlos Guerrero Ant?nez wrote:

Hi,

I have this problem when I try to install a package, I'm working with OSX
Yosemite 10.10.4.

Best regards,

install.packages("~/Downloads/RMacoqui_1.0.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type =

"source",
lib="/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library")
* installing *source* package ?RMacoqui? ...
** libs
gfortran-4.8   -fPIC  -g -O2  -c RMacoqui.f -o RMacoqui.o
make: gfortran-4.8: No such file or directory

I suspect that you have not obtained Xcode and installed Command
line tools and perhaps not installed XQuartz (although that is not
the cause of any error that I see here.)

Apple has pretty much always made XCode available for free. You need
to register with Apple as a developer and then get the XCode version
that is mated to your version of OSX.



--
David

make: *** [RMacoqui.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ?RMacoqui?
* removing
?/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library/RMacoqui?
Warning in install.packages :
 installation of package ?/Users/joseca/Downloads/RMacoqui_1.0.tar.gz? had
non-zero exit status




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