[R] Installing packages

[Marc Schwartz]

On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 05:37, Peter Dalgaard wrote:
> Marc Schwartz <MSchwartz at medanalytics.com> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 12:18, Nathan Leon Pace, MD, MStat wrote:
> > > Running under Redhat 7.3 Linux I have installed R Version 1.8.0  
> > > (2003-10-08) from a binary download using the rpm manager.
> > > 
> > > Using packageStatus(), I am attempted to upgrade several packages.
> > > 
> > > This is unsuccessful with the following error messages:
> > > 
> > > * Installing *source* package 'MASS' ...
> > > ** libs
> > > gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include  -I/usr/local/include -D__NO_MATH_INLINES 
> > > -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -O2 -m486 -fno-strength-reduce -g -c MASS.c -o MASS.o
> > > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cpp0': No such file or directory
> > > make: *** [MASS.o] Error 1
> > > ERROR: compilation failed for package 'MASS'
> > > 
> > > gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-113) is installed.
> > > 
> > > I have checked the R archives and FAQ and admin manual for help.
> > > 
> > > My knowledge of c compiling is limited.
> > > 
> > > Any pointers for debugging this problem would be appreciated.
> > > 
> > > Nathan
> > 
> > 
> > Not sure if you have received any other replies yet, but it appears that
> > you may be getting bitten by the infamous Red Hat 7.x gcc 2.96 problem.
> > Without getting into details, this is a known issue with this version of
> > gcc that was improperly released by RH.
> > 
> > The "official" note on this issue from gnu.org is here:
> > 
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html
> > 
> > To my knowledge RH released updates to that version, but I believe that
> > the only "real" fix is to either revert to gcc 2.95.x or upgrade to a
> > version 3.x series release.
> > 
> > Martyn Plummer, the RH maintainer for R may have more detailed
> > information on this and I am cc'ing him on this reply.
> 
> Hmm, the symptoms don't quite usually look like that, and most of them
> got fixed in the 2.96-N releases where N was somewhere in the 80's
> IIRC. This claims to be an installation error where the preprocessor
> cpp0 is not found, so my first try would be to go look for it, i.e. (on
> RH8)
> 
> $ locate cpp0
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/tradcpp0
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/cpp0
> 
> It seems to live in the cpp package, 
> 
> $ rpm -qf /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/cpp0
> cpp-3.2-7
> 
> so 
> 
> rpm -V cpp
> 
> should help you check your installation.


Peter,

Thanks for your comments on this. 

In checking at RH for 2.96 update announcements, I believe this one:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2002-200.html

is the most recent, which would suggest that the 2.96-113 series of RPMS
is the latest for that version.

Perhaps the first step toward resolution would be to check the
installation of cpp as you suggest.

If that shows any problems, starting with [re]installing the
cpp-2.96-113.i386.rpm from the above site would make sense and if that
does not work or has errors, then re-installing all 9 RPMS under the RH
7.3/i386 section on that page, would be a next step.

Marc