[Rd] Matrix package: compilation error

[Hin-Tak Leung]

Rainer Hurling wrote:
> Thanks, Brian and Martin,
> 
> I think you are both right, Matrix tries to use BSD make (/usr/bin/make) 
> on FreeBSD instead of GNU make (/usr/local/bin/gmake).
> 
> Sorry, but I don't know how to persuade the configure script to use 
> gmake :-(

easy -

mkdir ~/mynewbin
ln -s /usr/local/bin/gmake ~/mynewbin/make
export PATH=${HOME}/mynewbin:${PATH}

Then run "R CMD INSTALL ..." as you did.

and afterwards, "rm -rf ~/mynewbin". (I hope I don't need to explain
what the 3 lines above do...)

HTL


> 
> Rainer
> 
> 
> Prof Brian Ripley schrieb:
>> This is because of the GNUism in Matrix/src/Makefile
>>
>> ## get rid of this, once we have 'Depends: R (>= 2.5.0)':
>> ifeq (, $(findstring -lRlapack, $(LAPACK_LIBS)))
>> SOURCES_LAPACK =
>> else
>> SOURCES_LAPACK = zpotf2.f zpotrf.f zlacgv.f
>> endif
>>
>> I guess you know what you need to do to fix it for BSD make?
>>
>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, Rainer Hurling wrote:
>>
>>> Trying to compile the package Matrix_0.9975-11.tar.gz with newest
>>> R-2.5.0 alpha (2007-03-31 r40986) on FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT (i386) I get
>>> the following error:
>>>
>>> -----
>>> R CMD INSTALL Matrix_0.9975-11.tar.gz
>>> * Installing to library '/usr/local/lib/R/library'
>>> * Installing *source* package 'Matrix' ...
>>> ** libs
>>> ** arch -
>>> "Makefile", line 10: Missing dependency operator
>>> "Makefile", line 12: Need an operator
>>> "Makefile", line 14: Need an operator
>>> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
>>> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Matrix'
>>> ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/library/Matrix'
>>> -----
>>>
>>>
>>> Under FreeBSD I have installed the LAPACK package (3.0.2) with library
>>> at location
>>>
>>> /usr/local/lib/liblapack.so.4
>>>
>>> Is it possible that the Makefile of package Matrix fails because of that?
>> Not used unless you asked for it during R's configure.
>>
> 
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