> On Oct 31, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) <nord...@dshs.wa.gov> > wrote: > > I don't know what version Linux or other OS you are using, but have you > installed the bzip2 development package? It would be named something like > libbz2-dev (that is what it is in Ubuntu, I believe).
This question has been asked several times by OSX users and the answer for them has always been: http://r.research.att.com/libs/ ... although it's not immediately obvious that the bzlib functions are to be found in the xz package. Instruction for installation from a Unix console are at the bottom of the page. -- David. > > Dan > > Daniel Nordlund, PhD > Research and Data Analysis Division > Services & Enterprise Support Administration > Washington State Department of Social and Health Services > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Josef >> Eschgfaeller >> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 4:49 PM >> To: r-help >> Subject: [R] bzip2 >> >> I am not able to compile R 3.3, >> configure halting with: >> -------------------------------------------------- >> checking for BZ2_bzlibVersion in -lbz2... yes checking bzlib.h usability... >> yes >> checking bzlib.h presence... yes checking for bzlib.h... yes checking if >> bzip2 >> version >= 1.0.6... no checking whether bzip2 support suffices... configure: >> error: >> bzip2 library and headers are required >> -------------------------------------------------- >> But my bzip2 seems to be 1.0.6: >> >> bzip2 --version >> bzip2, a block-sorting file compressor. Version 1.0.6, 6-Sept-2010. >> type bzip2 >> bzip2 is hashed (/opt/local/bin/bzip2) >> type R >> R is hashed (/usr/bin/R) >> R --version >> R version 3.2.0 (2015-04-16) -- "Full of Ingredients" >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Thanks for help >> >> Josef Eschgfaeller >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.