R help - Dec 2004 - can't install r package on debian due to linker problem

hi,

my attempt to install the package Hmisc v3.0-1 fails with the message:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfrtbegin
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Hmisc.so] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Hmisc'

i'm at a loss here. any hints will be very much appreciated.

i'm running:

debian stable
R version 2.0.1
gcc 2.95.4-14
g77 2.95.4-14
binutils 2.12.90.0.1-4


robert




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On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Robert Sams wrote:
> hi,
>
> my attempt to install the package Hmisc v3.0-1 fails with the message:
>
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfrtbegin
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [Hmisc.so] Error 1
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Hmisc'
>
> i'm at a loss here. any hints will be very much appreciated.
>
> i'm running:
>
> debian stable
> R version 2.0.1
> gcc 2.95.4-14
> g77 2.95.4-14
> binutils 2.12.90.0.1-4
Edit R_HOME/etc/Makeconf and remove -lfrtbegin from FLIBS.  It is not 
needed, and 2.1.0 will work that out.

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595

On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 14:38, Robert Sams wrote:
> hi,
> 
> my attempt to install the package Hmisc v3.0-1 fails with the message:
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfrtbegin
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [Hmisc.so] Error 1
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Hmisc'
> 
It is funny to see this error message in Debian which is a GNU/Linux
system. Typically you see the very same error message in MacOS X which
is a GNU/BSD system. There this is caused by missing Fortran compiler.
Indeed, at least in Red Hat Linux, libfrbegin.a is owned by Fortran
(g77). However, you claim below that you have installed Fortran (g77). I
suggest you look for if you some Fortran related packages are missing,
or you can try to 'locate' libfrtbegin.a in your system and see if it is
in the linker search path.
 
> i'm at a loss here. any hints will be very much appreciated.
> 
> i'm running:
> 
> debian stable
> R version 2.0.1
> gcc 2.95.4-14
> g77 2.95.4-14
> binutils 2.12.90.0.1-4
> 
cheers, jari oksanen

-- 
Jari Oksanen <jarioksa at sun3.oulu.fi>

thank you both. 
i edited the Makeconf file per brian ripley's instruction and all works
well.

cheers,
robert


-----Original Message-----
From: Jari Oksanen [mailto:jarioksa at sun3.oulu.fi]
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 12:59 PM
To: Robert Sams
Cc: R-News
Subject: Re: [R] can't install r package on debian due to linker problem


On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 14:38, Robert Sams wrote:
> hi,
> 
> my attempt to install the package Hmisc v3.0-1 fails with the message:
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfrtbegin
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [Hmisc.so] Error 1
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Hmisc'
> 
It is funny to see this error message in Debian which is a GNU/Linux
system. Typically you see the very same error message in MacOS X which
is a GNU/BSD system. There this is caused by missing Fortran compiler.
Indeed, at least in Red Hat Linux, libfrbegin.a is owned by Fortran
(g77). However, you claim below that you have installed Fortran (g77). I
suggest you look for if you some Fortran related packages are missing,
or you can try to 'locate' libfrtbegin.a in your system and see if it is
in the linker search path.
 
> i'm at a loss here. any hints will be very much appreciated.
> 
> i'm running:
> 
> debian stable
> R version 2.0.1
> gcc 2.95.4-14
> g77 2.95.4-14
> binutils 2.12.90.0.1-4
> 
cheers, jari oksanen

-- 
Jari Oksanen <jarioksa at sun3.oulu.fi>