look into config.log towards the end - it gives you the details of what happened during the failed configure. (the file is created by configure as it runs).
As for consistency of what --someopt should take, it is all part of the mess of autoconf. You could read it up at http://www.gnu.org/ and look for autoconf docs there. Prof Ripley had already give you CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS ; if in doubt, stick the -I<readline_include_loc> and -L<readlne_lib_loc> into CFLAGS FFLAGS and CXXFLAGS as well, like CFLAGS= -I/home3/fa/faga001/vol/readline-5.1/include \ -L/home3/fa/faga001/vol/readline-5.1/lib I suspect what you needed was CFLAGS, rather than CPPFLAGS . This is barbaric, but the alternative is that you'll need to understand how autoconf works, which is not a easy task. Good luck. HTL Benjamin Otto wrote: > Dear Mr. Ripley, > > thanks for the quick reply. I set these flags now, however there still seem > to be some problems with readline. The corresponding cofigure output is: > > checking readline/history.h usability... yes > checking readline/history.h presence... yes > checking for readline/history.h... yes > checking readline/readline.h usability... yes > checking readline/readline.h presence... yes > checking for readline/readline.h... yes > checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no > checking for main in -lncurses... no > checking for main in -ltermcap... yes > checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no > checking for history_truncate_file... no > configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not > available > > The existing compiler is gcc version 2.8.1 and the linker editor used by gcc > is an IRIX ld version 7.30. By the way I had read the installation manual > and already patched readline 5.1. > > >>>--with-readline use readline library (if available) [yes] > > > The lpack linking > > --with-lapack="-L/path/to/libs -llapack -lcblas" > > was the reason why I thought I could at least give it a try with the command > > --with-readline="-L/$HOME/vol/readline" > > However, I admit I missed the passage about the LDFLAGS and should have > search more thoroughly in the docu. Still I'm a little bit confused where > the current remaining problem is. I gave it a try with readline 5.0, which > seem to me to be the newest version not needing any patches, same problem. > Is this some compiler and linker problem? > > regards, > benjamin > > > which was the reason why I thought I could give it > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: 02 February 2006 14:39 >>To: Benjamin Otto >>Cc: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch >>Subject: Re: [R] readline detection problems >> >> >>Moved to R-devel: please see the posting guide. This WAY off topic for >>R-help. >> >>Please do read the installation manual: configure --help says >> >> --with-readline use readline library (if available) [yes] >> >>and note, no path can be specified. The installation manual says >> >> If you have libraries and header files, e.g., for GNU readline, in >> non-system directories, use the variables LDFLAGS (for libraries, using >> `-L' flags to be passed to the linker) and CPPFLAGS (for header files, >> using `-I' flags to be passed to the C/C++ preprocessors), >>respectively, >> to specify these locations. These default to LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib >> (/usr/local/lib64 on most 64-bit Linux OSes) and >> CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include to catch the most common cases. >> >>My guess is that you need something like >> >>CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -I/home3/fa/faga001/vol/readline-5.1/include >>LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib -L/home3/fa/faga001/vol/readline-5.1/lib >> >>If this really is readline-5.1, don't use it. It needs a patch >>(I believe >>the one found on the GNU mirror suffices) or it is badly broken, >>enough to >>crash the calling application. >> >> >>On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Benjamin Otto wrote: >> >> >>>Dear community, >>> >>>I'm trying to install R-2.2.1 on an IRIX 6.2 (Unix System V Release 4) >>>system without root access. Unfortunately readline is not installed in >>>default, so I installed it locally in my home directory, more >> >>precisely in: >> >>>$HOME/vol/readline-5.1, where $HOME is "/home3/fa/faga001". Afterwards I >>>appended the path to the library with several $PATH variable, which now >>>looks like: >>> >>> >> >>PATH=:/usr/sbin:/usr/bsd:/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/loc >>al/bin:/us >> >>r/freeware/bin:/usr/local/bin:.:/home3/fa/faga001/vol:/home3/fa/fa >>ga001/vol/ >> >>>readline-5.1:/home3/fa/faga001/vol/readline-5.1/lib >>> >>>Still, readline is not detected by the configure script. I tried the >>>commands: >>> >>>./configure --with-readline="-L/$HOME/vol/readline" >>>./configure --with-readline="/$HOME/vol/readline" >>>./configure --with-readline=/$HOME/vol/readline >>>./configure --x-includes="-L/$HOME/vol/readline" >>>./configure --x-includes="/$HOME/vol/readline" >>>./configure --x-libraries="-L/$HOME/vol/readline" >>>./configure --x-libraries="/$HOME/vol/readline" >>> >>>trying out the different path variants which I previously >> >>included in the >> >>>$PATH variable. Nothing helps yet. According to printenv there >> >>is currently >> >>>no kind of $LIBRARY or sth. like that defined, but maybe the path should >>>rather be included in such an env. variable, I didn't find any >> >>hint in the >> >>>documentation. >>> >>>Has someone an idea how I should link my local readline >> >>correctly, so that >> >>>the library is found not only during installtion but afterwards too? >> >>-- >>Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >>University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >>1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >>Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >> > > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
