[R] Problems Building R on AIX 5.2.0.0

[paul.boutros@utoronto.ca]

Hello,

I am trying to build R 2.0.1 on an AIX 5.2.0.0 machine using gcc 3.3.2:
$ oslevel
5.2.0.0
$ gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/3.3.2/specs
Configured with: ../gcc-3.3.2/configure  : (reconfigured) ../gcc-3.3.2/configure 
--disable-nls : (reconfigured) ../gcc-3.3.2/configure --disable-nls
Thread model: aix
gcc version 3.3.2

Configure goes okay, but I get an error that I don't quite know how to interpret 
during make.  I've included the summary output from the end of configure as well 
as the error that I get during make below.  Any suggestions/recommendations are 
very much appreciate: I'm stuck on ideas for what could be going wrong.

Paul

$ ./configure --prefix=/db2blaste/R

<snip>

R is now configured for powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0

  Source directory:          .
  Installation directory:    /db2blast/R

  C compiler:                gcc -mno-fp-in-toc -g -O2
  C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
  Fortran compiler:          g77  -g -O2

  Interfaces supported:      X11
  External libraries:
  Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG
  Options enabled:           R profiling

  Recommended packages:      yes

configure: WARNING: you cannot build DVI versions of the R manuals
configure: WARNING: you cannot build info or html versions of the R manuals
configure: WARNING: you cannot build PDF versions of the R manuals
configure: WARNING: I could not determine a browser
configure: WARNING: I could not determine a PDF viewer

$ make

<snip>

        gcc -Wl,-bM:SRE -Wl,-H512 -Wl,-T512 -Wl,-bnoentry -Wl,-bexpall -Wl,-bI:.
./../../etc/R.exp -L/usr/local/lib -o lapack.so -Wl,-bI:../../../etc/Rlapack.exp 
Lapack.lo rgeev.lo rsyev.lo  -L../../../lib -lRlapack  -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/
local/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/3.3.2 -L/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-
ibm-aix5.2.0.0/3.3.2/../../.. -lfrtbegin -lg2c -lm -lgcc_s /usr/local/lib/gcc-
lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/3.3.2/libgcc.a -lg -ldl -ltermcap -lm -lc
ld: 0706-006 Cannot find or open library file: -l Rlapack
        ld:open(): A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
collect2: ld returned 255 exit status
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.


Stop.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2.


Stop.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.


Stop.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.


Stop.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.


Stop.
$