[R] Eror message: not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0

[Powers, Randall - BLS]

You are correct. I am definitely an inexperienced, untrained beginner. I
will read the info in the link. 

I did think to put /usr/ccs/bin in the Root path (I am doing this logged
in as Root).

When I typed make this time, it actually goes through a long process,
but ends with these error messages. Any speculation on these?

Thanks again.


Error code 255
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `libbz2.a'
Current working directory
/usr/local/lib/R/library/R-2.8.1/src/extra/bzip2
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
make libbz2.a
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
Current working directory
/usr/local/lib/R/library/R-2.8.1/src/extra/bzip2
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
list='blas bzip2 pcre zlib  intl'; for d in ${list}; do \
  (cd ${d} && make R) || exit 1; \
done
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
Current working directory /usr/local/lib/R/library/R-2.8.1/src/extra
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
for d in scripts include extra appl nmath unix main modules library; do
\
  (cd ${d} && make R) || exit 1; \
done
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
Current working directory /usr/local/lib/R/library/R-2.8.1/src
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
for d in m4 tools doc etc share src tests  po; do \
  (cd ${d} && make R) || exit 1; \
done
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Bolker [mailto:bolker at ufl.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:17 AM
To: Powers, Randall - BLS
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Eror message: not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0

  From the R directory, after configuring successfully, try

 /usr/ccs/bin/make

  Do read the INSTALL manual, as BDR suggested ... that also suggests

MAKE=/usr/ccs/bin/make
$MAKE (instead of "make")

it also sounds like you're inexperienced with building software
(apologies if not true), so the INSTALL file might be written at too
high a level. You might skim
http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/build_sw_on_solaris.html

  good luck
    Ben

Powers, Randall - BLS wrote:
> Thanks, that helps some.
> 
> When I search for make, it appears in a number of places:
> 
>  # find / -name make -print
> /usr/share/lib/make
> /usr/ccs/bin/make
> /usr/xpg4/bin/make
> /usr/local/lib/R/library/R-2.8.1/share/make
> /usr/local/lib/R/share/make
> /usr/local/lib/R-2.8.1/share/make
> /apps/oracle/product/10.2/inventory/make
> /osmrapps/make
> /osmrapps/make/make-3.70/make
> /osmrapps/make/make
> 
> When I cd to the location you suggested, I get:
> 
> # pwd
> /usr/ccs/bin
> # make check
> make: not found
> # ./make
> make: Fatal error: No arguments to build #
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Powers, Randall - BLS
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:27 AM
> To: 'Ben Bolker'; r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: RE: [R] Eror message: not a valid package -- installed < 
> 2.0.0
> 
> I am running 2.6.0 because I can't seem to get 2.8.1 configured 
> properly.
> 
> When I do ./configure, it goes through a long list, and ends with
> 
>  configure: error: --with-iconv=yes (default) and a suitable iconv is 
> not available
> 
> When I run make, I get the message below.
> 
> 
> # make
> make: not found
> 
> So does anybody have any help regarding how do get the install to
work?
> Otherwise, I am stuck with 2.6.0.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
> On Behalf Of Ben Bolker
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:49 PM
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Eror message: not a valid package -- installed < 
> 2.0.0
> 
> 
>    Is there any reason you can't just install an up-to-date version of

> R (R 2.8.1), from cran.us.r-project.org (or your favorite mirror, see
> www.r-project.org) and see if that fixes the problem?  Installing R on

> SunOS is not quite the breeze that it is on MacOS, Windows, or Linux, 
> but it's not that bad ... and you are much more likely to get help 
> from the list if you make it worth people's while to help you by 
> either (1) explaining why you are stuck with an old version 
> [regulatory compliance/mission-critical old R software] or (2) 
> installing recent R and showing that the problem persists.
> 
>  Ben Bolker
> 
> 
> Powers, Randall - BLS wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hello R-help,
>>>
>>>
>>> We are running R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03). I believe that I got it

>>> from www.sunfreeware.com. A number of the packages that we attempt 
>>> to
> 
>>> download from http://www.r-project.org/  give us the error message 
>>> below when we attempt to run them.
>>>
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