Re: [Rd] Problems with install.packages when Ncpus > 1

2012-10-06 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 06.10.2012 18:02, Winston Chang wrote: In the code for install.packages, I see that if Ncpus>1, it passes the Ncpus to make, as in 'make -k -j 32'. Is it possible that these packages are failing because of this option to make? It is perfectly correct option: please do your homework before

Re: [Rd] Problems with install.packages when Ncpus > 1

2012-10-06 Thread Winston Chang
>> In the code for install.packages, I see that if Ncpus>1, it passes the >> Ncpus to make, as in 'make -k -j 32'. Is it possible that these >> packages are failing because of this option to make? > > > It is perfectly correct option: please do your homework before posting as the > posting guide a

Re: [Rd] Problems with install.packages when Ncpus > 1

2012-10-05 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 06/10/2012 05:42, Winston Chang wrote: I have a Ubuntu Linux 12.04.1 machine running R 2.15.1. I'm trying to run tests building packages, so install.packages() is trying to install about about 1000 packages from source. I'm running into some strange issues that seem related to using values for

[Rd] Problems with install.packages when Ncpus > 1

2012-10-05 Thread Winston Chang
I have a Ubuntu Linux 12.04.1 machine running R 2.15.1. I'm trying to run tests building packages, so install.packages() is trying to install about about 1000 packages from source. I'm running into some strange issues that seem related to using values for Ncpus other than 1. When I use Ncpus=32, a