I have a problem in installing R-2.0.1, downloaded from the R web site, on mac o sx version 10.3.7. when i launch the command ./configure i get the following error message: checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables i've aleady insalled Xcode. the version of the gcc in 3.3. what can i do? thanks silvia
Silvia You may want to use the disk image instead. It is here (for italy....): http://microarrays.unife.it/CRAN/bin/macosx/R-2.0.1.dmg Sean On Jan 31, 2005, at 1:52 PM, silvia simoni wrote:> I have a problem in installing R-2.0.1, downloaded from the R web > site, on mac o sx version 10.3.7. > when i launch the command ./configure i get the following error > message: > > checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: > C compiler cannot create executables > > i've aleady insalled Xcode. the version of the gcc in 3.3. > what can i do? > thanks > > silvia > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Silvia Are you talking of specific packages? Installing R from the Disk Image does not preclude building individual packages from source. As for your original error, I'm not sure what the problem is, but you are probably correct in assuming it may be a setup problem, but I can't tell for sure. Sean On Feb 1, 2005, at 3:04 AM, silvia simoni wrote:> The thing is i do need the source code because i need some packages > which are not available as binanary code for mac and whern i try to > install them, they look for a file .o that is not there. > > silvia > > Il giorno 31/gen/05, alle 20:11, Sean Davis ha scritto: > >> Silvia >> >> You may want to use the disk image instead. It is here (for >> italy....): >> >> http://microarrays.unife.it/CRAN/bin/macosx/R-2.0.1.dmg >> >> Sean >> >> On Jan 31, 2005, at 1:52 PM, silvia simoni wrote: >> >>> I have a problem in installing R-2.0.1, downloaded from the R web >>> site, on mac o sx version 10.3.7. >>> when i launch the command ./configure i get the following error >>> message: >>> >>> checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: >>> error: C compiler cannot create executables >>> >>> i've aleady insalled Xcode. the version of the gcc in 3.3. >>> what can i do? >>> thanks >>> >>> silvia >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide! >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >>
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 07:52:26PM +0100, silvia simoni wrote:> I have a problem in installing R-2.0.1, downloaded from the R web site, > on mac o sx version 10.3.7. > when i launch the command ./configure i get the following error message:Did you read the OS X FAQ on www.r-project.org? There is a special way you must call configure for this platform. + seth