R help - Oct 2011 - Gstat - Installation Fail _ download source and compile help ...

Hello

I have been trying to install gstat on university's unix based system ( i am
not familiar with many technical aspects of installation) but i am getting a
particular error which i could not find a solution to online. Here is what
the technical support guy mailed me back, i am sure someone who understands
the technicalities can explain me this procedure in a more lucid way.
*
**Technical Assistant's reply*
*
Unfortunately, the error is due to a type being used in one of the
source files which has not yet been defined in an include file.
The "u_int" type is defined in /usr/include/sys/types.h:

   typedef __u_int u_int;

And, the "__u_int" type is defined in /usr/include/bits/types.h:

   typedef unsigned int __u_int;

Note that <bits/types.h> is included at the top of <sys/types.h>, so
only the <sys/types.h> would need to be included.

Without including <sys/types.h>, the program won't recognize
"u_int" as a valid type.  So, this is an issue with the configuration
or perhaps source for the given program being compiled by the
package installation function of R.

My suggestion would be to search for the given error message on any
support/help/discussion boards/websites related to the R program.
Or, do a google search to see if anyone else has encountered the same
error and find their suggested solution.

Otherwise, you can manually download the source to your directory and
attempt to tweak the "configure" command, which would generate a more
correct Makefile.  Or, in the least desirable scenario, insert the
needed "#include <sys/types>" in the given *.c file yourself and
compile.
*
Can anyone make out anything from this , i want to tweak the configure
command but do not know how to proceed.

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Hi Sandeep,

You need to provide way more detail for us to be able to help you:

- Which version of gstat do you want to install, ?
- where did you get the sources, ?
- is it the version inside R or the standalone version?
- what version of R are you running?
- *what is the exact error that gstat gave*?
- have you tried the precompiled gstat standalone binaries?

Furthermore, this is not the correct forum to get help for gstat, this
is far more appropriate for the R-sig-geo mailing list. Another helpful
mailing list is:

http://www2.52north.org/mailman/listinfo/geostatistics

good luck,
Paul


On 10/01/2011 05:03 PM, Sandeep Patil wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have been trying to install gstat on university's unix based system (
i am
> not familiar with many technical aspects of installation) but i am getting
a
> particular error which i could not find a solution to online. Here is what
> the technical support guy mailed me back, i am sure someone who understands
> the technicalities can explain me this procedure in a more lucid way.
> *
> **Technical Assistant's reply*
> *
> Unfortunately, the error is due to a type being used in one of the
> source files which has not yet been defined in an include file.
> The "u_int" type is defined in /usr/include/sys/types.h:
>
>    typedef __u_int u_int;
>
> And, the "__u_int" type is defined in /usr/include/bits/types.h:
>
>    typedef unsigned int __u_int;
>
> Note that <bits/types.h> is included at the top of
<sys/types.h>, so
> only the <sys/types.h> would need to be included.
>
> Without including <sys/types.h>, the program won't recognize
> "u_int" as a valid type.  So, this is an issue with the
configuration
> or perhaps source for the given program being compiled by the
> package installation function of R.
>
> My suggestion would be to search for the given error message on any
> support/help/discussion boards/websites related to the R program.
> Or, do a google search to see if anyone else has encountered the same
> error and find their suggested solution.
>
> Otherwise, you can manually download the source to your directory and
> attempt to tweak the "configure" command, which would generate a
more
> correct Makefile.  Or, in the least desirable scenario, insert the
> needed "#include <sys/types>" in the given *.c file
yourself and
> compile.
> *
> Can anyone make out anything from this , i want to tweak the configure
> command but do not know how to proceed.
>
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>
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