I am trying to compile R on an alpha running digital unix 4.0E. I have used the R-0.99.0a source code, and run the following, ./configure --prefix=/hpc/readonly/code/bin.alpha/R and get this error checking for Fortran libraries... -lUfor -lfor -lFutil -lm -lots -lm checking whether Fortran libraries work correctly... no configure: warning: Fortran libraries do not work correctly configure: error: Maybe your Fortran installation is incomplete I have no problems with fortran for anything else. Any help greatly appreciated. Julie I enclose the output from my compiling effort. # ./configure --prefix=/hpc/readonly/code/bin.alpha/R loading cache ./config.cache checking host system type... alpha-dec-osf4.0 loading site script ./config.site loading build specific script ./config.site checking for mawk... no checking for gawk... gawk checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/installbsd -c checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for bison... bison -y checking for ar... ar checking whether echo can suppress newlines... yes checking for nroff... /usr/bin/nroff checking for tbl... /usr/bin/tbl checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl checking whether perl version is at least 5... yes checking for dvips... false checking for latex... false checking for makeindex... false checking for pdflatex... false checking for makeinfo... no configure: warning: you cannot build info versions of the R manuals checking for unzip... /sw1/bin/unzip checking for zip... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no checking whether gcc accepts -M for generating dependencies... yes checking for g77... no checking for f77... /usr/bin/f77 checking for Fortran libraries... -lUfor -lfor -lFutil -lm -lots -lm checking whether Fortran libraries work correctly... no configure: warning: Fortran libraries do not work correctly configure: error: Maybe your Fortran installation is incomplete ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Julie Harold, ITCS, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ phone 592385 email j.harold at uea.ac.uk http://www.uea.ac.uk/~e288/index.html -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._