R SIG Fedora - Dec 2008 - libgfortran.so.3 is needed by libblas

Hi,

I can''t find any forum that''s directly applicable to opensuse.
My apology if I post on a wrong mailing list. But I really like R and want to
use it on linux. The problem is I''m new to linux. I have opensuse 11.0.
I download the x86_64 installer from opensuse repo. I run the installer and got
error saying that libgfortran.so.3 is needed by libblas. I found
libgfortran.so.3 in my /usr/lib folder (not /user/lib64). I guess it''s
not on lib64 that''s why it''s complaining.

So I create a symbolic link to libgfortran.so.3 from lib to lib64. It still
doesn''t work. I try to install libgfortran from opensuse dvd it still
says that it needs libblas needs libgfortran.so.3 which doesn''t make
sense to me.

Would anyone kindly advise? It''s surprisingly tedious to get a simple
thing up and running. Thank you.

- sch



      
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on 12/06/2008 05:00 PM Sakda Chaiworawitkul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I can't find any forum that's directly applicable to opensuse. My
> apology if I post on a wrong mailing list. But I really like R and
> want to use it on linux. The problem is I'm new to linux. I have
> opensuse 11.0. I download the x86_64 installer from opensuse repo. I
> run the installer and got error saying that libgfortran.so.3 is
> needed by libblas. I found libgfortran.so.3 in my /usr/lib folder
> (not /user/lib64). I guess it's not on lib64 that's why it's
> complaining.
> 
> So I create a symbolic link to libgfortran.so.3 from lib to lib64. It
> still doesn't work. I try to install libgfortran from opensuse dvd it
> still says that it needs libblas needs libgfortran.so.3 which doesn't
> make sense to me.
> 
> Would anyone kindly advise? It's surprisingly tedious to get a simple
> thing up and running. Thank you.
> 
> - sch
Given that this list is Fedora specific, you are limiting the potential
audience that will see your post and perhaps be in a position to offer
suggestions.

There are a few OS/Distro specific R lists, but none for SUSE presently.
Thus, posting to r-help would likely be best and increase the
probability that another SUSE user would see it.

That being said, based upon a search of the archives, you might find
this post helpful:

  http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e4/help/08/05/11309.html

HTH,

Marc Schwartz