Dear Prof. Ripley, thank you for your offer for assistance. Here are some more details from our sys admin (who sincerely thanks you for the hint to Matrix/src/taucs/taucs.h):
--- the system administrator says: --- Since we don't have a license for the cc compiler anymore I have to use gcc. Trying to compile the Matrix package via the Makefile in Matrix/src doesn't work as this uses the cc compiler and I don't know how to change that in an appropriate way (there is no configure script for example). As I don't really understand how R compiles downloaded packages and how and where I could change the configuration for that, I tried the following dirty hack: - added '#define OSTYPE_solaris' in Matrix/src/taucs/taucs.h - made a new tarball (Matrix_0.8-10.tar.gz) of the directory Matrix - put PACKAGES and Matrix_0.8-10.tar.gz on my own website - installed the changed package via > options(CRAN = 'http://my_own_website...') > install.packages("Matrix") ... which did the trick. But where should OSTYPE_solaris really be set? --- end system administrator --- I hope these informations can shed some light onto our problem and assist you in tracking down the reason. Thanks again. Best regards -- Gerrit Eichner ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AR Dr. Gerrit Eichner Mathematical Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] Justus-Liebig-University Giessen Tel: +49-(0)641-99-32104 Arndtstr. 2, 35392 Giessen, Germany Fax: +49-(0)641-99-32029 http://www.math.uni-giessen.de/Stochastik ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
