Hi Group: >From an R session, I wanted to update packages, and issued the command: update.packages() R started to update the package "foreign" and proceeded. After downloading, while it attempted to install the packages, it came up with the following error message. I could not understand the error message. Does it indicate that the problem lies with the gcc? How do I install the current version of "foreign"?
My operating system is MepisLinux, based on Debian, and the computer is a compaq presario laptop with dual booting with Win XP(the linux partition has 10 GB space, with 128 MB RAM). I have appended the R message in this mail. I could not locate the config.log file. Would greatly appreciate your advice in solving the problem. /Arin Basu <---Beginning of R command and error message---> > update.packages() trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 212630 bytes opened URL ================================================== downloaded 207Kb Update (y/N)? y trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/foreign_0.8-0.tar.gz' Content type `application/x-tar' length 259351 bytes opened URL ================================================== downloaded 253Kb * Installing *source* package 'foreign' ... checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. ERROR: configuration failed for package 'foreign' <---end of R command and error message---> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
