R help - May 2002 - still trouble (RE: Compiling R-1.5.0 failed on AIX4.3)

Dear R-help,

I deleted `methods' from the list of packages in Makeconf.in and was able to
get through the compilation.  However, `make check' fails, and R seems to
have trouble loading share libs.  When starting R, it complained about not
finding the X libs and quits.  If I specify --gui=none, then it starts but
complains about not being able to load the shared lib for `ctest'.  Loading
any packages with shared libs give the same error.

Following the platform notes in R-admin manual, I set
MAIN_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-brtl" and SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-G", but
that didn't seem to
solve the problem.

R is now configured for powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.2.0

  Source directory:          .
  Installation directory:    /.../merck.com/fs/user/liawand/aix
  C compiler:                gcc  -mno-fp-in-toc -g -O2
  C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
  FORTRAN compiler:          g77  -g -O2

  X11 support:               yes
  Gnome support:             no
  Tcl/Tk support:            no
  Readline support:          yes

  R profiling support:       yes
  R as a shared library:     no

Any hints/helps are much appreciated!!

Regards,
Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liaw, Andy [mailto:andy_liaw at merck.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 3:17 PM
> To: 'R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch'
> Subject: [R] Compiling R-1.5.0 failed on AIX4.3
> 
> 
> Dear R-help,
> 
> I've having some trouble building R on AIX.  I'm using 
> gcc/g77/g++.  The
> error occurs when building the methods package:
> 
> gmake[4]: Entering directory
> `/.../merck.com/fs/user/liawand/R-1.5.0/src/library
> /methods'
> dumping R code in package 'methods'
> Fatal error: The X11 shared library could not be loaded.
>   The error was 
> 
> gmake[4]: *** [../../../library/methods/R/all.rda] Error 2
> gmake[4]: Leaving directory
> `/.../merck.com/fs/user/liawand/R-1.5.0/src/library/
> methods'
> gmake[3]: *** [all] Error 2
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory
> `/.../merck.com/fs/user/liawand/R-1.5.0/src/library/
> methods'
> gmake[2]: *** [R] Error 1
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> `/.../merck.com/fs/user/liawand/R-1.5.0/src/library'
> gmake[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory 
> `/.../merck.com/fs/user/liawand/R-1.5.0/src'
> gmake: *** [R] Error 1
> 
> I went through the fairly long thread on R-devel a while ago regarding
> difficulties on AIX, and saw that there was a similar 
> problem, but didn't
> see any solution.  Can anyone help?
> 
> TIA!
> 
> Regards,
> Andy
> 
> 
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