Hi Dick, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: >>> >>> %sudo R CMD INSTALL --no-configure e1071_1.5-16.tar.gz >> This statement of your conflicts with the msg you show below. Do you, >> or don't you, succeed? >>
sorry If my posting wasn't clear %sudo R CMD INSTALL --no-configure e1071_1.5-16.tar.gz -- works %sudo R CMD INSTALL e1071_1.5-16.tar.gz -- gives th error message >> Please try >> >> $ sudo apt-get install r-base-dev r-base-dev is already the newest version. >> >> as you seem to missing g++, and probably a host of other things. > > I don't have access to a 'breezy' box anymore but what it could be is > that R expects a different compiler version then the system has as > default -- g++-4.0 vs g++-3.4. > > What does 'grep g++ /etc/R/Makeconf' yield? > CXX = g++ CXXCPP = g++ -E SHLIB_CXXLD = g++ I unpacked the package and ran the configure script. It runs with no problems. %tar -xzf e1071_1.5-16.tar.gz % cd e1071/ % ./configure checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes Bye and thanks Rob ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.