David Vonka wrote: > Hello, > > I've just downloaded the R-2.2.1 source and I'm trying to > compile it under cygwin (1.5.19-4). The configure script runs > ok, but make generates the following error after a while: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > al/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -g -O2 -c zutil.c -o zutil.o > rm -f libz.a > ar cr libz.a adler32.o compress.o crc32.o deflate.o gzio.o infback.o > inffast.o inflate.o inftrees.o trees.o uncompr.o zutil.o > ranlib libz.a > make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/zlib' > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/zlib' > make[3]: Entering directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/xdr' > make[4]: Entering directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/xdr' > making xdr.d from xdr.c > making xdr_float.d from xdr_float.c > making xdr_mem.d from xdr_mem.c > making xdr_stdio.d from xdr_stdio.c > make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/xdr' > make[4]: Entering directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/xdr' > gcc -I. -I. -I../../../src/include -I../../../src/include -I/usr/local/inclu > de -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -g -O2 -c xdr.c -o xdr.o > In file included from xdr.c:59: > ./rpc/types.h:63: error: conflicting types for 'malloc' > ./rpc/types.h:63: error: conflicting types for 'malloc' > make[4]: *** [xdr.o] Error 1 > make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/xdr' > make[3]: *** [R] Error 2 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/xdr' > make[2]: *** [R] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra' > make[1]: *** [R] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src' > make: *** [R] Error 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > What could be the cause ?
The cause is that you have not read the R Installation and Administration manual. It tells you which tools are required to build R under Windows. In particular, cygwin is unsupported. For the user's convenience, a Windows binary version is also provided on CRAN mirrors. Uwe Ligges > Regards and thanks, > David Vonka > > ______________________________________________ > [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 ______________________________________________ [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
