R help - Oct 2001 - New Beginner: Problems w/loading Matrix package

Hello all,

I am 2 days old in compiling and installing R-1.3.1 and having all kinds of
problems with one particular package named "Matrix_0.3-15.tar.gz"

Where should I start?

OK!

I have successfully installed R version R-1.3.1 as well as a host of other
packages (piece of cake).  When I tried to install the Matrix package, I
got an error message stating that the "BLAS library could not be
found"  I
then downloaded a copy of the blas(blas.tgz) tar file from
www.netlib.org/blas that contained nothing but function files.  I created
the library using Fortran (g77) and "ar".  I called it
"blas.a", moved it
to the /usr/local/lib directory and made sure my path was set.  That still
didn't work.  Next I was told that I probably need to recompile R so it can
recognize the blas library.  I tried to do a "make distclean" to start
over
and I get another error message that says:

make: Fatal error: Don't know how to make target `clean`

HELP!

Sorry to bore you with this R 101 basic stuff, but I have no clue as to
what to do next.  Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.


Leslie

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First, you might want to get a BLAS optimized for your machine. One way is
to get ATLAS and run it. It automatically tunes the BLAS code to your setup.
But first maybe you want to get things working with the BLAS you have.

Second, "make distclean" removes the Makefile, among other things, so
if you
issued this command twice (or somehow otherwise deleted the Makefile), you
would get a message like the one you got (On linux with make 3.79.1 I get
"make: *** No rule to make target 'clean'. Stop." but maybe
you have a
different make). 

(re-) Run the configure script to regenerate the Makefile (and recognize the
BLAS library): 

$ ./configure [--with-whatever-options]

(make sure the file config.cache is gone in case "make distclean"
didn't
work...)

Then you should be able to start over. 

Hope that helps,

Reid Huntsinger

-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie_Branch at hgsi.com [mailto:Leslie_Branch at hgsi.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:53 AM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] New Beginner: Problems w/loading Matrix package


Hello all,

I am 2 days old in compiling and installing R-1.3.1 and having all kinds of
problems with one particular package named "Matrix_0.3-15.tar.gz"

Where should I start?

OK!

I have successfully installed R version R-1.3.1 as well as a host of other
packages (piece of cake).  When I tried to install the Matrix package, I
got an error message stating that the "BLAS library could not be
found"  I
then downloaded a copy of the blas(blas.tgz) tar file from
www.netlib.org/blas that contained nothing but function files.  I created
the library using Fortran (g77) and "ar".  I called it
"blas.a", moved it
to the /usr/local/lib directory and made sure my path was set.  That still
didn't work.  Next I was told that I probably need to recompile R so it can
recognize the blas library.  I tried to do a "make distclean" to start
over
and I get another error message that says:

make: Fatal error: Don't know how to make target `clean`

HELP!

Sorry to bore you with this R 101 basic stuff, but I have no clue as to
what to do next.  Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.


Leslie

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Leslie_Branch at hgsi.com writes:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am 2 days old in compiling and installing R-1.3.1 and having all kinds of
> problems with one particular package named "Matrix_0.3-15.tar.gz"
> 
> Where should I start?
> 
> OK!
> 
> I have successfully installed R version R-1.3.1 as well as a host of other
> packages (piece of cake).  When I tried to install the Matrix package, I
> got an error message stating that the "BLAS library could not be
found"  I
> then downloaded a copy of the blas(blas.tgz) tar file from
> www.netlib.org/blas that contained nothing but function files.  I created
> the library using Fortran (g77) and "ar".  I called it
"blas.a", moved it
> to the /usr/local/lib directory and made sure my path was set.  That still
> didn't work.  Next I was told that I probably need to recompile R so it
can
> recognize the blas library.  I tried to do a "make distclean" to
start over
> and I get another error message that says:
> 
> make: Fatal error: Don't know how to make target `clean`
> 
> HELP!
> 
> Sorry to bore you with this R 101 basic stuff, but I have no clue as to
> what to do next.  Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
You forgot to tell us what system you're on. There might be an easier
way to get the BLAS installed. Anyways: assuming you 

a) built R in its source directory
b) didn't do any important modifications to it

I'd suggest that you simply wipe the whole thing and unpack the R
sources again. Then make a BUILD dir, cd into it, and

../R-1.3.1/configure --with-blas

You may need to create a config.site file with

LIBS=-L/usr/local/lib

to get it to pick the blas from where you put it.

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Follow-up to previous post: I just checked the Matrix package and it
requires LAPACK, not just the BLAS. You can install LAPACK with ATLAS in one
of several ways detailed in the LAPACK or ATLAS docmentation.

Reid Huntsinger

-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie_Branch at hgsi.com [mailto:Leslie_Branch at hgsi.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:53 AM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] New Beginner: Problems w/loading Matrix package


Hello all,

I am 2 days old in compiling and installing R-1.3.1 and having all kinds of
problems with one particular package named "Matrix_0.3-15.tar.gz"

Where should I start?

OK!

I have successfully installed R version R-1.3.1 as well as a host of other
packages (piece of cake).  When I tried to install the Matrix package, I
got an error message stating that the "BLAS library could not be
found"  I
then downloaded a copy of the blas(blas.tgz) tar file from
www.netlib.org/blas that contained nothing but function files.  I created
the library using Fortran (g77) and "ar".  I called it
"blas.a", moved it
to the /usr/local/lib directory and made sure my path was set.  That still
didn't work.  Next I was told that I probably need to recompile R so it can
recognize the blas library.  I tried to do a "make distclean" to start
over
and I get another error message that says:

make: Fatal error: Don't know how to make target `clean`

HELP!

Sorry to bore you with this R 101 basic stuff, but I have no clue as to
what to do next.  Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.


Leslie

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