I've installed R from the tgz file since about R-0.9.x following the
INSTALL instructions and have always succeeded using rpm-based OSes.
With each new OS, that involved installing various additional packages
before the configure script would complete. Figuring out which
packages were required usually involved searching for rpms that
supplied missing .so or .h files, dev packages or something else I
could figure out.
I'm now trying to do the same with LinuxMint 17.2 but I got stuck when
this message came up:
checking for main in -ltermlib... no
checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
checking for history_truncate_file... no
configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are
not available
Near the bottom of the log file it shows this:
configure:6747: gcc -E -I/usr/local/include conftest.c
configure:6747: $? = 0
configure:6761: gcc -E -I/usr/local/include conftest.c
conftest.c:17:28: fatal error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or
directory
#include <ac_nonexistent.h>
^
compilation terminated.
configure:6761: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "R"
So I'm assuming that's behind the failure. Searching shows the same
problem shows up in all sorts of places for decades, notably cygwin
users. But I didn't see anything that would help to work out what is
missing.
Ideas greatly appreciated.
best
Patrick
I am not overly familar with Mint, but you need the "development version" of the readline library. If you have a GUI package manager installed, open it and search for readline. You should see a version that ends with -dev or -devel; you need to install that. HTH, Peter On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 3:06 PM, p_connolly <p_connolly at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:> > I've installed R from the tgz file since about R-0.9.x following the > INSTALL instructions and have always succeeded using rpm-based OSes. > With each new OS, that involved installing various additional packages > before the configure script would complete. Figuring out which > packages were required usually involved searching for rpms that > supplied missing .so or .h files, dev packages or something else I > could figure out. > > I'm now trying to do the same with LinuxMint 17.2 but I got stuck when > this message came up: > > checking for main in -ltermlib... no > checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no > checking for history_truncate_file... no > configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not > available > > Near the bottom of the log file it shows this: > > configure:6747: gcc -E -I/usr/local/include conftest.c > configure:6747: $? = 0 > configure:6761: gcc -E -I/usr/local/include conftest.c > conftest.c:17:28: fatal error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or > directory > #include <ac_nonexistent.h> > ^ > compilation terminated. > configure:6761: $? = 1 > configure: failed program was: > | /* confdefs.h */ > | #define PACKAGE_NAME "R" > > So I'm assuming that's behind the failure. Searching shows the same > problem shows up in all sorts of places for decades, notably cygwin > users. But I didn't see anything that would help to work out what is > missing. > > Ideas greatly appreciated. > > > best > Patrick > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Thanks Peter. That certainly got me past that one, (Few more to go)
On Mon, 01-Feb-2016 at 09:30PM -0800, Peter Langfelder wrote:
|> I am not overly familar with Mint, but you need the "development
|> version" of the readline library. If you have a GUI package manager
|> installed, open it and search for readline. You should see a version
|> that ends with -dev or -devel; you need to install that.
|>
|> HTH,
|>
|> Peter
|>
|> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 3:06 PM, p_connolly <p_connolly at
slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
|> >
|> > I've installed R from the tgz file since about R-0.9.x following
the
|> > INSTALL instructions and have always succeeded using rpm-based OSes.
|> > With each new OS, that involved installing various additional
packages
|> > before the configure script would complete. Figuring out which
|> > packages were required usually involved searching for rpms that
|> > supplied missing .so or .h files, dev packages or something else I
|> > could figure out.
|> >
|> > I'm now trying to do the same with LinuxMint 17.2 but I got stuck
when
|> > this message came up:
|> >
|> > checking for main in -ltermlib... no
|> > checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
|> > checking for history_truncate_file... no
|> > configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs
are not
|> > available
|> >
|> > Near the bottom of the log file it shows this:
|> >
|> > configure:6747: gcc -E -I/usr/local/include conftest.c
|> > configure:6747: $? = 0
|> > configure:6761: gcc -E -I/usr/local/include conftest.c
|> > conftest.c:17:28: fatal error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or
|> > directory
|> > #include <ac_nonexistent.h>
|> > ^
|> > compilation terminated.
|> > configure:6761: $? = 1
|> > configure: failed program was:
|> > | /* confdefs.h */
|> > | #define PACKAGE_NAME "R"
|> >
|> > So I'm assuming that's behind the failure. Searching shows
the same
|> > problem shows up in all sorts of places for decades, notably cygwin
|> > users. But I didn't see anything that would help to work out
what is
|> > missing.
|> >
|> > Ideas greatly appreciated.
|> >
|> >
|> > best
|> > Patrick
|> >
|> > ______________________________________________
|> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
|> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
|> > PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
|> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
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