I'm new to R and Linux, and I have an issue I didn't see solved on the internet.
I'm using Ubuntu Mate and installed R version 2.11 since the current version does not support R-kinetics. What happens is that I have hdf5 headers and libraries installed $ whereis hdf5 hdf5: /usr/include/hdf5 But when I'm installing the package inside R (install.packages) or outside R (R CMD INSTALL) the program reports the following error: > install.packages('h5r') Warning in install.packages("h5r") : argument 'lib' is missing: using '/home/pedro/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.11' Warning message: In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) : package ‘h5r’ is not available > install.packages('/home/pedro/h5r_1.4.7.tar.gz',repos=NULL,type='source') Warning in install.packages("/home/pedro/h5r_1.4.7.tar.gz", repos = NULL, : argument 'lib' is missing: using '/home/pedro/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.11' * installing *source* package ‘h5r’ ... checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for library containing inflate... -lz checking for library containing H5open... no configure: error: Can't find HDF5 ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘h5r’ * removing ‘/home/pedro/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.11/h5r’ Warning message: In install.packages("/home/pedro/h5r_1.4.7.tar.gz", repos = NULL, : installation of package '/home/pedro/h5r_1.4.7.tar.gz' had non-zero exit status. I tried to reinstall HDF5, R and even the whole OS and do it all over again. Also tried to add the library to the environment table, do it from the library's directory and nothing works. Is there someone who had the same error and was able to solve it? Is there someone who as a clue how to solve? I'm sorry if there is a similar post around, I've seen some but I don't find one where the problem is solved. Best regards! *Pedro* [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.