This worked, thanks very much!  

After "fink reinstall g77" I still got the r-base compilation error,
but after "fink rebuild g77" r-base compiled successfully.  And I've
basically been able to plug in some of my old S-plus code, and R just
works.

Thanks again for your help --

-- Prahlad



At 12:30 hrs on  March 4 2003 Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 > I'd suggest first trying to reinstall (fink reinstall) g77.  If you
 > still can't install r-base, then use "fink rebuild g77".
 > 
 > I've put this back on the list.
 > 
 > On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 12:23, Prahlad Gupta wrote:
 > > Dear Alexander, David --
 > > 
 > > Many thanks for the suggestions.  I went ahead and installed the Dec
 > > 2002 Dev Tools.  Then "fink selfupdate"
 > > 
 > > g77 is right there in /sw/bin/ and "fink install g77" says there is
 > > nothing to install.
 > > 
 > > Then, "fink install r-base", but it fails with exactly the same errors
 > > as before:
 > > 
 > > ---------
 > >  :
 > >  :
 > > checking size of long double... 8
 > > checking whether gcc accepts -M for generating dependencies... yes
 > > checking whether gcc supports -c -o FILE.lo... yes
 > > checking how to get verbose linking output from /sw/bin/g77... configure: 
 > > WARNING: compilation failed
 > > 
 > > checking for Fortran 77 libraries... 
 > > checking for dummy main to link with Fortran 77 libraries... none
 > > checking for Fortran 77 name-mangling scheme... configure: error: cannot compile 
 > > a simple Fortran program
 > > See `config.log' for more details.
 > > make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
 > > ### execution of (export failed, exit code 2
 > > Failed: compiling r-base-1.6.2-1 failed
 > > --------
 > > 
 > > 
 > > I don't know is this is relevant, but these are the outputs of 
 > > information about fink:
 > > 
 > > 15> fink -V
 > > Package manager version: 0.12.0
 > > Distribution version: 0.5.1.cvs 
 > > 
 > > 16> fink describe fink
 > > Information about 1034 packages read in 1 seconds.
 > > 
 > > fink-0.12.0-1: The Fink package manager
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > Any suggestions would be very helpful...
 > > 
 > > 
 > > Thanks!
 > > 
 > > -- Prahlad
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > At 20:48 hrs on Monday March 3 2003 Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 > >  > Looking at my previous message, that's not right==the dependency should be
 > >  > there.  David's idea about the Dev Tools is probably the right way to go:
 > >  > the December 2002 tools are what's now officially recommended for fink
 > >  > 0.5. > On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Prahlad Gupta wrote:
 > >  > 
 > >  > >
 > >  > > I am trying to compile r-base ("fink install r-base")
 > >  > >
 > >  > > I am using fink 0.5.1 with the fink-0.12.0-1 package manager.  Before
 > >  > > "fink install r-base" I did "fink selfupdate cvs".  This is on a dual
 > >  > > 1GHz-G4 running OS X 10.2.3.  The installation is all fink, no Apple
 > >  > > X11.  I have the October 2002 Developer Tools.
 > >  > >
 > >  > > The error I get from "fink install r-base" is as follows (the last few
 > >  > > lines only).  Any pointers on what I'm doing wrong would be
 > >  > > appreciated!  I'm not very familiar with trying to compile complex
 > >  > > packages, so I may be missing something obvious -- sorry.  I did
 > >  > > search the fink-user archives, and saw discussion of other r-base
 > >  > > compile errors, but not this one.
 > >  > >
 > >  > > Thanks in advance,
 > >  > > Prahlad
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
 > >  > > ----------------
 > >  > >    :
 > >  > >    :
 > >  > > checking whether gcc accepts -M for generating dependencies... yes
 > >  > > checking whether gcc supports -c -o FILE.lo... yes
 > >  > > checking how to get verbose linking output from /sw/bin/g77... configure: 
 > > WARNING: compilation failed
 > >  > >
 > >  > > checking for Fortran 77 libraries...
 > >  > > checking for dummy main to link with Fortran 77 libraries... none
 > >  > > checking for Fortran 77 name-mangling scheme... configure: error: cannot 
 > > compile a simple Fortran program
 > >  > > See `config.log' for more details.
 > >  > > make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
 > >  > > ### execution of (export failed, exit code 2
 > >  > > Failed: compiling r-base-1.6.2-1 failed
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
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 > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
 > Levitated Dipole Experiment
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