Uwe, Sorry I missed it. I do have gnu iconv.. SUNWgnu-libiconv ls -lra /usr/lib/*iconv* | more lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jan 23 21:23 /usr/lib/libiconv.so -> li bgnuiconv.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 23 21:23 /usr/lib/libgnuiconv.so -> ../gnu/lib/libiconv.so
And hence the confusion.. On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote: > > > Karun Gahlawat wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> Trying to build R-2.8.1. while configuring, it throws error >> >> ./configure >> >> checking iconv.h usability... yes >> checking iconv.h presence... yes >> checking for iconv.h... yes >> checking for iconv... yes >> checking whether iconv accepts "UTF-8", "latin1" and "UCS-*"... no >> checking for iconvlist... no >> configure: error: --with-iconv=yes (default) and a suitable iconv is >> not available >> >> I am confused.. sorry new to this.. >> I can see the iconv binary, headers and libs all in the standard >> directory. Please help or redirect! > > > Please read the documentation, the R Installation and Administration manuals > tells you: > > "You will need GNU libiconv: the Solaris version of iconv is not > sufficiently powerful. " > > Uwe Ligges > > >> SunOS 5.11 snv_101b i86pc i386 i86pc >> >> CC: Sun Ceres C++ 5.10 SunOS_i386 2008/10/22 >> >> >> >> Karun >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
