I used to build from source on Mac OS X, but I stopped when I found I
could do everything I needed to do from the binary on CRAN. That
includes building my own packages that use fortran, or building the
one or two CRAN packages that use C code and do not have Mac binaries
on CRAN.
In addition to which, if you were to install the Mac binary from
CRAN, there's an optional install of gcc, and that might even be an
easier way to get a gcc on your machine. You can still build R from
sources separately, even if you've already installed the binary.
For further help on building from source, I'd suggest asking again on
R-sig-Mac.
-Don
At 1:12 PM -0400 7/9/09, Sinha, Raktim, DFCI wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to compile R-2.9.1 on Mac OS-X 10.4 using --enable-R-shlib.
I am not comfortable with Mac/Linux environments and trying to follow the
instructions from CRAN site to every detail.
The Mac OS did not have a gcc (gcc -version did not work). So I did the
following:
## For gcc 4.2 and Fortran 4.2.4 Compilers
Download gcc-4.2-5566-darwin8-all.tar.gz from
http://*r.research.att.com/tools/#gcc42
unpacked using: sudo tar fvxz gcc-4.2-5566-darwin8-all.tar.gz -C /
Made gcc-4.2 default: sudo link gcc-4.2 gcc
Made g++-4.2 default: sudo link g++-4.2 g++
I downloaded the source and tried compiling using:
./configure --with-blas='-framework vecLib' --with-lapack --with-ICU \
--with-aqua --enable-R-framework --enable-R-shlib
Got the following error:
Configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
I have attached the compile.log file.
I would really appreciate some help.
Raktim
Bioinformatics Engineer
DFCI, Harvard Med School
Boston
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