Just a quick follow-up on this ... I was informed (off the mailing list) that this is all as it should be. A check with extSoftVersion() shows that everything is in order.
Best, Wolfgang >-----Original Message----- >From: R-devel [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of >Viechtbauer Wolfgang (SP) >Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 12:49 >To: r-devel@r-project.org >Subject: [Rd] Compiling R-devel - missing some expected features (zlib, >bzlib, lzma, PCRE) > >Hi All, > >I am compiling R-devel on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04.2) and that works just fine, >but I am missing some of the expected features, as shown here: > >https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-devel/R-admin.html#Linux > >In particular, after configure (using all defaults), I see: > >R is now configured for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > > [...] > > Interfaces supported: X11 > External libraries: readline, curl > Additional capabilities: PNG, JPEG, TIFF, NLS, cairo, ICU > Options enabled: shared BLAS, R profiling > >Under 'External libraries', I am missing "zlib, bzlib, lzma, PCRE". As far >as I can tell, I have all necessary libs installed: > >wviechtb@psysim:~$ dpkg -l | grep zlib >ii zlib1g:amd64 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.1 >ii zlib1g-dev:amd64 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.1 >wviechtb@psysim:~$ dpkg -l | grep libbz >ii libbz2-1.0:amd64 1.0.6-8 >ii libbz2-dev:amd64 1.0.6-8 >wviechtb@psysim:~$ dpkg -l | grep liblzma >ii liblzma-dev:amd64 5.1.1alpha+20120614- >2ubuntu2 >ii liblzma5:amd64 5.1.1alpha+20120614- >2ubuntu2 >wviechtb@psysim:~$ dpkg -l | grep pcre >ii libpcre16-3:amd64 2:8.38-3.1 >ii libpcre3:amd64 2:8.38-3.1 >ii libpcre3-dev:amd64 2:8.38-3.1 >ii libpcre32-3:amd64 2:8.38-3.1 >ii libpcrecpp0v5:amd64 2:8.38-3.1 > >Any suggestions on what else I may need? > >Best, >Wolfgang > >-- >Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Ph.D., Statistician | Department of Psychiatry and >Neuropsychology | Maastricht University | P.O. Box 616 (VIJV1) | 6200 MD >Maastricht, The Netherlands | +31 (43) 388-4170 | http://www.wvbauer.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel