On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 09:54:26AM -0400, Ricardo Pietrobon wrote:
> I must be making some really basic mistake, since I keep getting an
> error message when using update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE) -
> an example for MASS is below. I am running ubuntu 7.04, with a clean
> install done today of version 2.6.0 straight from the R repository.
>From source? Or as a binary? Ubuntu backports of the R 2.6.0 package
should be at CRAN within a few days.
> here is the message:
You seem to be missing essential header files, so I'd start from
$ sudo apt-get install r-base-dev
and try again. I don't see you could compile R if you can't build MASS.
Dirk
>
>
> * Installing *source* package 'MASS' ...
> ** libs
> gcc -std=gnu99 -I/usr/share/R/include -I/usr/share/R/include
> -fpic -g -O2 -c lqs.c -o lqs.o
> In file included from lqs.c:31:
> /usr/share/R/include/R.h:28:20: error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
> /usr/share/R/include/R.h:29:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/syslimits.h:7,
> from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/limits.h:11,
> from /usr/share/R/include/R.h:30,
> from lqs.c:31:
> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/limits.h:122:61: error:
> limits.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from lqs.c:31:
> /usr/share/R/include/R.h:32:18: error: math.h: No such file or directory
> /usr/share/R/include/R.h:33:19: error: errno.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from /usr/share/R/include/R.h:50,
> from lqs.c:31:
> /usr/share/R/include/R_ext/RS.h:24:39: error: string.h: No such file
> or directory
> lqs.c: In function 'lqs_fitlots':
> lqs.c:222: warning: implicit declaration of function 'fabs'
> lqs.c:222: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in
> function 'fabs'
> lqs.c:238: warning: implicit declaration of function 'sqrt'
> lqs.c:238: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in
> function 'sqrt'
> lqs.c:239: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in
> function 'fabs'
> lqs.c: In function 'do_one':
> lqs.c:319: warning: implicit declaration of function 'log'
> lqs.c:319: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function
> 'log'
> lqs.c:319: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in
> function 'fabs'
> lqs.c: In function 'mve_fitlots':
> lqs.c:376: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function
> 'log'
> make: *** [lqs.o] Error 1
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'MASS'
> ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/MASS'
> ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/class'
> ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/nnet'
> ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/spatial'
>
> The downloaded packages are in
> /tmp/Rtmp7CXD5O/downloaded_packages
> Warning message:
> In install.packages() :
> installation of package 'VR' had non-zero exit status
>
>
> any thoughts appreciated
>
> On 10/4/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Since this has come up already:
> >
> > It is a good idea to re-install all packages for a minor-version increment
> > of R, e.g. 2.5.1 -> 2.6.0 (it is major.minor.patchlevel). This is most
> > easily done by
> >
> > > update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE)
> >
> > However, if you don't want to do that yet, be aware that
> >
> > - Certain S4-using packages must be reinstalled, and using old versions
> > can make R malfunction. I believe these are Brobdingnag, Matrix, NADA and
> > kappalab.
> >
> > - Any S4 package that makes an existing function S4-generic will grab that
> > function as it existed in the version of R under which they were
> > installed. If it has changed, there is potential trouble.
> >
> > - Packages that create or change character strings at C level will have
> > needed to be updated for R 2.6.0 (and some have not yet been). Using such
> > a package can in principle result in other character data being changed
> > (since most character strings now share storage).
> >
> > --
> > 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
> >
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