FWIW, I don't have any problems with R on Arch Linux. On Jun 23, 2017 1:32 PM, "Chris Cole" <chris.c.1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for correcting my misunderstandings, Professor. Compiling from > source did the trick, and I'll be following up with the arch maintainers > about addressing the issue on their end. > > Best, > > Chris > > On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 at 11:02 Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> > wrote: > > > R is compatible with GCC 7.1 ! New compiler versions are tested, as > > well as those under development for the major compilers. (A few > > packages still fail with GCC 7.1, but that was reported to their > > maintainers months ago.) > > > > Just follow the instructions in the R-admin manual to install from > sources. > > > > OTOH, ' v3.4.0-2 ' is not an R version number, so I think you are > > referring to binary distributions on your Linux distro, which are not > > the responsibility of 'Rcore or Rdevel' (whatever they are). > > > > On 23/06/2017 14:40, Chris Cole wrote: > > > I'm on Arch Linux kernel version 4.11.6-1 using gcc version 7.1.1: > > > > > > gcc --version > > > gcc (GCC) 7.1.1 20170516 > > > > > > I have installed R through the arch package manager pacman and when I > > > attempt to initiate it, R crashes stating a missing dependency: > > > > > > /usr/lib64/R/bin/exec/R: error while loading shared libraries: > > > libgfortran.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > > directory > > > > > > I thought that maybe a symlink was improperly placed in the package so > I > > > looked in /usr/lib to try to find the offending library. > > > > > > ls -halt /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.* > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 May 16 03:01 /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.4 -> > > > libgfortran.so.4.0.0 > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7.1M May 16 03:01 /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.4.0.0 > > > > > > Simply symlinking libgfortran.so.4.0.0 to libgfortran.so.3 did not > work, > > > and after some questioning on SO ( > > > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44658867/r-v3-4-0-2- > unable-to-find-libgfortran-so-3-on-arch > > ) > > > it seems that gfortran 7 has bumped the .so object to version 4. > > > > > > It seems that a relatively straightforward workaround for the present > > would > > > be to install a legacy version of gcc alongside the current version. > > > > > > I'm wondering if Rcore or Rdevel are moving towards being able to > handle > > > the new compiler version any time soon, and if there are any other > > > workarounds than having two versions of the compiler. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > > > > > > -- > > Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk > > Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, University of Oxford > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
