R help - Nov 2016 - bzip2

> On Oct 31, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) <NordlDJ at
dshs.wa.gov> wrote:
> 
> I don't know what version Linux or other OS you are using, but have you
installed the bzip2 development package? It would be named something like 
libbz2-dev (that is what it is in Ubuntu, I believe).
This question has been asked several times by OSX users and the answer for them
has always been:

http://r.research.att.com/libs/

... although it's not immediately obvious that the bzlib functions are to be
found in the xz package.

Instruction for installation from a Unix console  are at the bottom of the page.
-- 
David.


> 
> Dan
> 
> Daniel Nordlund, PhD
> Research and Data Analysis Division
> Services & Enterprise Support Administration
> Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of
Josef
>> Eschgfaeller
>> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 4:49 PM
>> To: r-help
>> Subject: [R] bzip2
>> 
>> I am not able to compile R 3.3,
>> configure halting with:
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> checking for BZ2_bzlibVersion in -lbz2... yes checking bzlib.h
usability... yes
>> checking bzlib.h presence... yes checking for bzlib.h... yes checking
if bzip2
>> version >= 1.0.6... no checking whether bzip2 support suffices...
configure:
>> error:
>>                         bzip2 library and headers are required
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> But my bzip2 seems to be 1.0.6:
>> 
>> bzip2 --version
>> bzip2, a block-sorting file compressor.  Version 1.0.6, 6-Sept-2010.
>> type bzip2
>> bzip2 is hashed (/opt/local/bin/bzip2)
>> type R
>> R is hashed (/usr/bin/R)
>> R --version
>> R version 3.2.0 (2015-04-16) -- "Full of Ingredients"
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> Thanks for help
>> 
>> Josef Eschgfaeller
>> 
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> 
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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA

David Winsemius wrote:
> http://r.research.att.com/libs/
I installed xz with

    tar fvxz xz-5.0.5-darwin10-bin2.tar.gz -C /

but then for R

    ./configure --enable-R-shlib

gives me the same error as before:
--------------------------------------------------
checking for BZ2_bzlibVersion in -lbz2... yes
checking bzlib.h usability... yes
checking bzlib.h presence... yes
checking for bzlib.h... yes
checking if bzip2 version >= 1.0.6... no
checking whether bzip2 support suffices... configure: error:
           bzip2 library and headers are required
--------------------------------------------------
I'm using Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.

Thanks
Josef Eschgfaeller

> On Nov 1, 2016, at 2:23 AM, Josef Eschgfaeller <esg at unife.it>
wrote:
> 
> David Winsemius wrote:
> 
>> http://r.research.att.com/libs/
> 
> I installed xz with
> 
>    tar fvxz xz-5.0.5-darwin10-bin2.tar.gz -C /
> 
> but then for R
> 
>    ./configure --enable-R-shlib
> 
> gives me the same error as before:
> --------------------------------------------------
> checking for BZ2_bzlibVersion in -lbz2... yes
> checking bzlib.h usability... yes
> checking bzlib.h presence... yes
> checking for bzlib.h... yes
> checking if bzip2 version >= 1.0.6... no
> checking whether bzip2 support suffices... configure: error:
>           bzip2 library and headers are required
> --------------------------------------------------
> I'm using Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.
You ought to a) include more context in your replies, and b) post on R-SIG-Mac. 

The advice in the Admin-guide can be found here, although it says no testing has
been done recently for SL:

https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#OS-X

I suspect there are more difficulties with SL builds than just this problem. You
will probably need to include all your setup information and the full configure
log when you post this on the correct mailing list.

> 
> Thanks
> Josef Eschgfaeller
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
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> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA