Hello, I am also facing exactly same problem like Mike while compiling R on AIX 5.3
Error in read.dcf(file = descfile) : Line starting 'Package: tools ...' is malformed! Calls: makeLazyLoading ... code2LazyLoadDB -> loadNamespace -> parseNamespaceFile -> read.dcf Execution halted My Environment is : CC='xlc_r -q64' CFLAGS='-O -qstrict' CPPFLAGS='-I/opt/freeware/include -I/usr/lpp/X11/include/X11' CXX='xlC_r -q64' CXXFLAGS='-O -qstrict' AR='ar -X64' F77='xlf_r -q64' LDFLAGS='-L/opt/freeware/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib' LIBICONV=/opt/freeware OBJECT_MODE=64 Any suggestions/solutions? I am compiling on AIX 5.3 same problem occurs for 2.10.1 and 2.11.1 -Balkrishna Ketkar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm trying to compile R 2.10.1 on AIX 5.3, and am getting the following error: Error in read.dcf(file = descfile) : Line starting 'Package: tools ...' is malformed! Calls: makeLazyLoading ... code2LazyLoadDB -> loadNamespace -> parseNamespaceFile -> read.dcf Execution halted make[3]: *** [all] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/afs/.isis.unc.edu/pkg/r-2.10.1/.build/rs_aix53/R-patched/src/library/tools ' My environment and configure settings are as follows: export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/opt/freeware/bin:$PATH export OBJECT_MODE=64 export LIBICONV=/opt/freeware export CC="xlc_r -q64" export CFLAGS="-O -qstrict" export CXX="xlC_r -q64" export CXXFLAGS="-O -qstrict" export AR="ar -X64" export F77="xlf_r -q64" export CPPFLAGS="-I/afs/isis/pkg/libpng/include -I/usr/local/include -I$LIBICONV/include -I/usr/lpp/X11/include/X11" export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -L$LIBICONV/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib" export CAIRO_CFLAGS="-I/opt/freeware/include/cairo -I/opt/freeware/include/freetype2" export CAIRO_LIBS="-L/opt/freeware/lib -lcairo" export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java14_64 export JAVA_CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/java14_64/include" export LDR_CNTRL=USERREGS ./configure --prefix=/afs/.isis/pkg/r-2.10.1 --with-tcltk=/usr/local/lib --with-tcl-config=/usr/local/lib/tclConfig.sh --with-tk-config=/usr/local/lib/tkConfig.sh Mike Waldron -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Error-compiling-R-2-10-1-on-AIX-tp1017862p2541849.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
