[R] Help with Python, R and RPY

[Walter Moreira]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 12:13:53AM +0700, arcriswell wrote:
> I have installed on Mandrake 8.1 both python and R:
> 
>         R-base-1.4.1-1mdk.i586.rpm
>         R-recommended-1.4.1-1mdk.i586.rpm
> 
>         python-2.2-9mdk.i586.rpm
>         python-base-2.2-9mdk.i586.rpm
> 
> I have also checked on the location of R using R RHOME which returns
> /usr/lib/R.
> 
> When I run
> 
>         python setup.py install
> 
> I get the following complaints,
> 
> [root at localhost rpy]# python setup.py install
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "setup.py", line 17, in ?
>     get_config_vars()['OPT'] = '-DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall'
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 408, in
> get_config_vars
>     func()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 313, in _init_posix
>     raise DistutilsPlatformError(my_msg)
> distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable
> to open /usr/lib/python2.2/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
> [root at localhost rpy]#

Hi. Looks like the file /usr/lib/python2.2/config/Makefile is missing, which
is very strange if you compile it from sources, as you told me in another
message. Could you check the directory /usr/lib/python2.2/config to see what
it contains?

Have you build from the standard sources (from python.org), or from sources in
the mandrake distro? I suggest the first.

Although, as Tim said, you will need to rebuild R as shared lib, so I suggest
also to download the R sources from www.r-project.org.

It should build fine with that packages.

Hope it helps,
Walter
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