Hi all,
I am trying to compile R 3.4.0 on a RHEL 6.5 system. R requires a newer
version of zlib than is standard on RHEL 6.5. I do have a newer version
that satisfies R's requirement, but the configure script gives no way of
specifying a non-standard location of zlib.
Is there a way around this? Or should I try to make a feature request?
Thanks in advance,
Dave
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David Chin, Ph.D.
david.chin at drexel.edu Sr. Systems Administrator, URCF, Drexel U.
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> On May 23, 2017, at 11:07 AM, David Chin <david.chin.work at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am trying to compile R 3.4.0 on a RHEL 6.5 system. R requires a newer > version of zlib than is standard on RHEL 6.5. I do have a newer version > that satisfies R's requirement, but the configure script gives no way of > specifying a non-standard location of zlib. > > Is there a way around this? Or should I try to make a feature request? > > Thanks in advance, > DaveHi, This was recently asked here: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2017-April/074157.html Martyn provided a resolution in the follow up post, including a pointer to the EPEL, where there are pre-compiled RPMs for R. For future reference, there is a dedicated e-mail list for queries pertaining to R on RH/Fedora based distributions: https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora Regards, Marc Schwartz
Hi Marc, Pre-compiled RPMs for R are up to 3x slower than "self-compiled" R using Intel MKL. Yes, I do know about Microsoft R Open, but it wants to overwrite the default /usr/bin/R and I have AMD machines in my cluster, which cannot run MRO. So, I want to do my own compilation and install R in a non-standard location so that it can be used by loading a modulefile. I also have users who have varying requirements for versions of R (for whatever reason), so I need to provide different versions. On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> wrote:> > > On May 23, 2017, at 11:07 AM, David Chin <david.chin.work at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am trying to compile R 3.4.0 on a RHEL 6.5 system. R requires a newer > > version of zlib than is standard on RHEL 6.5. I do have a newer version > > that satisfies R's requirement, but the configure script gives no way of > > specifying a non-standard location of zlib. > > > > Is there a way around this? Or should I try to make a feature request? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Dave > > > Hi, > > This was recently asked here: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2017-April/074157.html > > Martyn provided a resolution in the follow up post, including a pointer to > the EPEL, where there are pre-compiled RPMs for R. > > For future reference, there is a dedicated e-mail list for queries > pertaining to R on RH/Fedora based distributions: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora > > Regards, > > Marc Schwartz > >-- David Chin, Ph.D. david.chin at drexel.edu Sr. Systems Administrator, URCF, Drexel U. http://www.drexel.edu/research/urcf/ https://linuxfollies.blogspot.com/ +1.215.221.4747 (mobile) https://github.com/prehensilecode [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Hi Marc, Pre-compiled RPMs for R are up to 3x slower than "self-compiled" R using Intel MKL. Yes, I do know about Microsoft R Open, but it wants to overwrite the default /usr/bin/R and I have AMD machines in my cluster, which cannot run MRO. So, I want to do my own compilation and install R in a non-standard location so that it can be used by loading a modulefile. I also have users who have varying requirements for versions of R (for whatever reason), so I need to provide different versions. I also tried the suggested solution https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2017-April/074162.html -- but it did not work for me. The configure script still picked up zlib.h from /usr/include and deduced that it was an older version and would quit with error. Apologies if this is a duplicate. I sent my first response with the wrong email address. On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> wrote:> > > On May 23, 2017, at 11:07 AM, David Chin <david.chin.work at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am trying to compile R 3.4.0 on a RHEL 6.5 system. R requires a newer > > version of zlib than is standard on RHEL 6.5. I do have a newer version > > that satisfies R's requirement, but the configure script gives no way of > > specifying a non-standard location of zlib. > > > > Is there a way around this? Or should I try to make a feature request? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Dave > > > Hi, > > This was recently asked here: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2017-April/074157.html > > Martyn provided a resolution in the follow up post, including a pointer to > the EPEL, where there are pre-compiled RPMs for R. > > For future reference, there is a dedicated e-mail list for queries > pertaining to R on RH/Fedora based distributions: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora > > Regards, > > Marc Schwartz > >-- David Chin, Ph.D. david.chin at drexel.edu Sr. Systems Administrator, URCF, Drexel U. http://www.drexel.edu/research/urcf/ https://linuxfollies.blogspot.com/ 215.221.4747 (mobile) https://github.com/prehensilecode [[alternative HTML version deleted]]