You'd need to change the "-C /" in the tar command. I trust Simon enough to just run the script as root, though...
-pd > On 23 Mar 2025, at 14.37, Naresh Gurbuxani <naresh_gurbux...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Peter, > > In install.libs(), there is no argument for setting location where boost or > other packages are installed. How can I select a different directory to > install boost using install.libs()? > > Thanks, > Naresh > >> On Mar 23, 2025, at 7:55 AM, Naresh Gurbuxani <naresh_gurbux...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> notes $ which tar >> /opt/local/libexec/gnubin/tar >> notes $ tar --version >> tar (GNU tar) 1.35 >> Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later >> <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. >> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. >> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. >> >> Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. >> notes $ >> >> I use MacPorts package manager to install most software. For R, I switched >> to manual install because, with MacPorts data.table could not pick up openmp >> support. >> >> Using uppercase J as suggested by Rodney successfully downloaded boost on my >> computer. But it cannot install. Below are first few lines of messages: >> >>> install.libs("boost") >> Downloading https://mac.R-project.org/bin/REPOS ... >> Using repository https://mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/x86_64 ... >> Downloading index https://mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/x86_64/PACKAGES ... >> Downloading + installing >> https://mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/x86_64/boost-1.86.0-darwin.20-x86_64.tar.xz >> ... >> tar: opt/R/x86_64/include: Cannot utime: Permission denied >> tar: opt/R/x86_64/lib: Cannot utime: Permission denied >> tar: opt/R/x86_64/pkg/boost-1.86.0-darwin.20-x86_64.list: Cannot open: >> Permission denied >> (Many more lines with Permission denied message) >> >> I have another question. I need boost to install RQuantLib. My computer >> already has MacPorts-installed boost and MacPorts installed QuantLib. But >> RQuantLib installation is not picking up boost. Is there a way to get that >> working? >> >>> install.packages("RQuantLib", lib = .libPaths()[2], repos = >>> "https://cran.r-project.org";, type = "source", configure.args = >>> c("--with-boost-include=/opt/local/libexec/boost/1.76/include/"), >>> configure.vars = c("CPPFLAGS='-DQL_HIGH_RESOLUTION_DATE'")) >> trying URL 'https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/RQuantLib_0.4.24.tar.gz' >> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 195836 bytes (191 KB) >> ================================================== >> downloaded 191 KB >> >> * installing *source* package ‘RQuantLib’ ... >> ** package ‘RQuantLib’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked >> ** using staged installation >> checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes >> checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out >> checking for suffix of executables... >> checking whether we are cross compiling... no >> checking for suffix of object files... o >> checking whether the compiler supports GNU C++... yes >> checking whether clang++ -arch x86_64 -std=gnu++17 accepts -g... yes >> checking for clang++ -arch x86_64 -std=gnu++17 option to enable C++11 >> features... none needed >> checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... clang++ -arch x86_64 >> -std=gnu++17 -E >> checking whether the compiler supports GNU C++... (cached) yes >> checking whether clang++ -arch x86_64 -std=gnu++17 accepts -g... (cached) yes >> checking for clang++ -arch x86_64 -std=gnu++17 option to enable C++11 >> features... (cached) none needed >> checking for R... yes >> checking for quantlib-config... yes >> checking for suitable QuantLib version... yes (1.36) >> checking for Boost development files... no >> configure: error: Boost development files not found >> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘RQuantLib’ >> * removing >> ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4-x86_64/Resources/library/RQuantLib’ >> >> The downloaded source packages are in >> ‘/private/var/folders/nb/2vppcjgd19l_h9brvzgdjcm40000gn/T/RtmpKL66sI/downloaded_packages’ >> Warning message: >> In install.packages("RQuantLib", lib = .libPaths()[2], repos = >> "https://cran.r-project.org";, : >> installation of package ‘RQuantLib’ had non-zero exit status >> In terminal >> notes $ ls /opt/local/libexec/boost/1.76/include/ >> boost >> >>> On Mar 23, 2025, at 6:21 AM, peter dalgaard <pda...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Oddly, this doesn't happen here, even though I also tar xj instead of xJ ot >>> the .xz file. >>> >>> Any chance you two could be picking up a different tar? I am seeing >>> >>> PeterDaardsiMac:ISwR pd$ which tar >>> /usr/bin/tar >>> PeterDaardsiMac:ISwR pd$ tar --version >>> bsdtar 3.5.3 - libarchive 3.5.3 zlib/1.2.12 liblzma/5.4.3 bz2lib/1.0.8 >>> >>> and "man tar" claims that j and J options are "c mode only" so presumably >>> ignored and tar gets the compression type from the input itself. >>> >>> -pd >>> >>>> On 22 Mar 2025, at 15.53, Sparapani, Rodney via R-SIG-Mac >>>> <r-sig-mac@r-project.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Naresh: >>>> >>>> I’m seeing the same error message. And it makes sense >>>> because the boost tar-ball is compressed with xz and >>>> not bzip2. On line 87 of install.R, we have the following… >>>> if (system(paste("curl", "-sSL", shQuote(u), "|", "tar fxj - -C /")) < 0) >>>> Little j means bzip2 while big J is xz. So try substituting… >>>> if (system(paste("curl", "-sSL", shQuote(u), "|", "tar fxJ - -C /")) < 0) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics >>>> President, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical Association >>>> Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute >>>> Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus >>>> >>>> >>>> From: R-SIG-Mac <r-sig-mac-boun...@r-project.org> on behalf of Naresh >>>> Gurbuxani <naresh_gurbux...@hotmail.com> >>>> Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM >>>> To: r-sig-mac@r-project.org <r-sig-mac@r-project.org> >>>> Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error >>>> Downloading + installing >>>> https://mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/x86_64/boost-1.86.0-darwin.20-x86_64.tar.xz$<https://mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/x86_64/boost-1.86.0-darwin.20-x86_64.tar.xz%20$> >>>> ... >>>> bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file. >>>> tar: Child died with signal 13 >>>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now >>>> curl: (23) Failure writing output to destination, passed 8192 returned 0 >>>> >>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>>> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> >>> -- >>> Peter Dalgaard, Professor, >>> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business SchoolSolbjerg Plads 3, 2000 >>> Frederiksberg, Denmark >>> Phone: (+45)38153501 >>> Office: A 4.23 >>> Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business SchoolSolbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
