Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Naresh Gurbuxani]

Simon,

Website mac.r-project.org/tools/ lists mandatory libraries.  In the next 
paragraph, it has a link to “binaries of libraries and tools for Mac OS page”.  
Clicking on the link takes user to mac.r-project.org/bin.  Here the only method 
of install described is via install.libs().  By using install.libs(), I found 
out that binaries (for my Intel Mac) are located at 
mac.r-project.org/bin/darwin20/x86_64/.  But if I did not already have R 
installed, I would not be able to go to this location.  

On the page mac.r-project.org/bin, perhaps you can provide links to the 
binaries location.  Currently the only links provided are to liblzma and PCRE2 
homepages.  When downloading from those locations, user may need to run 
./configure, make, and make install.  

I am only starting out with QuantLib, so not sure if intraday feature is widely 
used.  

Thanks again,
Naresh

> On Mar 30, 2025, at 9:24 PM, Simon Urbanek  
> wrote:
> 
> Naresh,
> 
> 
>> On 31 Mar 2025, at 12:25, Naresh Gurbuxani  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Reporting back after a clean reinstall of R using directions and resources 
>> at https://mac.r-project.org, both data.table and RQuantLib are working as 
>> expected.  data.table has openmp enabled.  RQuantLib has intraday enabled.  
>> There was no need to use Makevars file.
>> 
> 
> Great. Is the intraday feature something that is of interest to users?  I 
> wonder why it is not enabled by default. If it is useful and not harmful we 
> could build CRAN binaries with that flag so you wouldn’t need to do any of 
> what you did ...
> 
> 
>> One observation about liblzma and PCRE2 libraries.  These libraries are 
>> required before R installation.  While these can be installed using 
>> install.libs() function,  that is only possible after R installation.  
>> Therefore, these need to be downloaded, unpacked, then installed using 
>> ./configure, make, and make install.  While experienced users are 
>> comfortable with this procedure, new users may be tempted to avoid this by 
>> using a package manager like HomeBrew or MacPorts.  As pointed out on this 
>> website, and confirmed by my experience, libraries installed using package 
>> managers do not always work well with directly installed libraries.  R core 
>> group should consider either (i) including these libraries within R package 
>> installer, or (ii) providing some more instructions on installing these 
>> libraries (similar to OpenMP page).  
>> 
> 
> 
> Sorry, I don’t see why you would need to do any of that - the binaries are 
> all ready-to-use, so you simply unpack them - there is no need to use 
> configure, ./make etc. since you don't have to compile them from sources - 
> that’s the whole point of binaries.
> 
> 
>> A similar problem will arise when a new version of R uses updated versions 
>> of liblzma and PCRE2. 
>> 
> 
> 
> The versions are quite irrelevant since they are used statically so R doesn't 
> care which version you use in packages and vice-versa.
> 
> Cheers,
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
>> Thanks everyone for their help and patience,
>> Naresh  
>> 
>>> On Mar 23, 2025, at 4:25 PM, Simon Urbanek  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Naresh,
>>> 
>>> please ignore all "advice" you go so far - most of it was wrong. From your 
>>> earlier reports it looks like your system is messed up which the the core 
>>> of the problem - please remove 3rd party libraries from your path (like 
>>> homebrew, macports, /opt/local etc.) as that will interfere with the 
>>> builds. You can tell that you have a serious mess by the fact that it's 
>>> showing a *different* QuantLib version in the configure step than the one 
>>> you downloaded so you have unrelated scripts on your PATH so everything 
>>> will break.
>>> 
>>> So to start from scratch:
>>> 
>>> 1) move aside everything from /usr/local, e.g.
>>> sudo mkdir /usr/local/.away
>>> sudo mv /usr/local/* /usr/local/.away/
>>> 
>>> 2) create /opt/R/$(uname -m) and make you the owner
>>> sudo mkdir -p /opt/R/$(uname -m)
>>> sudo chown $USER /opt/R
>>> 
>>> 3) remove all non-system paths from PATH and prepend /opt/R/$(uname -m). 
>>> Since we nuked /usr/local you may want to add R itself:
>>> 
>>> export PATH=/opt/R/$(uname 
>>> -m)/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin
>>> 
>>> Now run install.libs("QuantLib") as before (as you, not root).
>>> 
>>> Install the package you care about (I presume RQuantLib). The best way to 
>>> know what's going on is to install locally as it allows you to inspect 
>>> config.log if something goes wrong, i.e.
>>> 
>>> # in R:
>>> download.packages("RQuantLib",".",type='source')
>>> # in the shell
>>> tar fxz RQuantLib_*
>>> R CMD INSTALL RQuantLib
>>> 
>>> if something goes wrong you'll have RQuantLib/config.log to look at. Note 
>>> that you should not need any extra flags like --with-boost-include since 
>>> they are already in the location they are supposed to be.
>>> 
>>> Once you're happy, you can move back 

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Naresh Gurbuxani]

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 .
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_h9brvzgdjcm4gn/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  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 
>>  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  on behalf of Naresh 

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Naresh Gurbuxani]

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 31, 2025, at 5:13 AM, Simon Urbanek  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 31, 2025, at 10:04 PM, Naresh Gurbuxani 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Simon,
>> 
>> Website mac.r-project.org/tools/ lists mandatory libraries.  In the next 
>> paragraph, it has a link to “binaries of libraries and tools for Mac OS 
>> page”.  Clicking on the link takes user to mac.r-project.org/bin.  Here the 
>> only method of install described is via install.libs().  By using 
>> install.libs(), I found out that binaries (for my Intel Mac) are located at 
>> mac.r-project.org/bin/darwin20/x86_64/.  But if I did not already have R 
>> installed, I would not be able to go to this location.  
>> 
> 
> 
> You can always go directly to the binaries - the links are right on the front 
> page. The R script is just a convenience method to resolve dependencies if 
> you have complex requirements so you don't have to do it yourself. Besides, 
> you can always grab R from CRAN to bootstrap it if that's what you are going 
> for.
> 
> If there is a way to improve the documentation to make it clearer, I'm open 
> to suggestions.
> 
In the Index section, there is a link to “Sources for tools and binaries”.  But 
on the tools page, there are only links to liblzma and PCRE2 websites.  Here 
you can also provide links to binaries above.

> 
>> On the page mac.r-project.org/bin, perhaps you can provide links to the 
>> binaries location.  Currently the only links provided are to liblzma and 
>> PCRE2 homepages.  When downloading from those locations, user may need to 
>> run ./configure, make, and make install.  
>> 
>> I am only starting out with QuantLib, so not sure if intraday feature is 
>> widely used.  
>> 
> 
> 
> Well, in that case I don't understand why you did all the work of recompiling 
> it as that is then entirely unnecessary - all you needed to do was to simply 
> install it from CRAN with
> 
> install.packages("RQuantLib")
> 
> I'm sure I must be missing something here ...
> 
I just wanted a “clean” or “complete” package install, not knowing how much 
trouble that would create.  A new user can be unsettled by warnings coming from 
loading a package.

> Cheers,
> Simon
> 
> 
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Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Simon Urbanek]

> On Mar 31, 2025, at 10:04 PM, Naresh Gurbuxani  
> wrote:
> 
> Simon,
> 
> Website mac.r-project.org/tools/ lists mandatory libraries.  In the next 
> paragraph, it has a link to “binaries of libraries and tools for Mac OS 
> page”.  Clicking on the link takes user to mac.r-project.org/bin.  Here the 
> only method of install described is via install.libs().  By using 
> install.libs(), I found out that binaries (for my Intel Mac) are located at 
> mac.r-project.org/bin/darwin20/x86_64/.  But if I did not already have R 
> installed, I would not be able to go to this location.  
> 


You can always go directly to the binaries - the links are right on the front 
page. The R script is just a convenience method to resolve dependencies if you 
have complex requirements so you don't have to do it yourself. Besides, you can 
always grab R from CRAN to bootstrap it if that's what you are going for.

If there is a way to improve the documentation to make it clearer, I'm open to 
suggestions.


> On the page mac.r-project.org/bin, perhaps you can provide links to the 
> binaries location.  Currently the only links provided are to liblzma and 
> PCRE2 homepages.  When downloading from those locations, user may need to run 
> ./configure, make, and make install.  
> 
> I am only starting out with QuantLib, so not sure if intraday feature is 
> widely used.  
> 


Well, in that case I don't understand why you did all the work of recompiling 
it as that is then entirely unnecessary - all you needed to do was to simply 
install it from CRAN with

install.packages("RQuantLib")

I'm sure I must be missing something here ...

Cheers,
Simon

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Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Simon Urbanek]

Naresh,


> On 31 Mar 2025, at 12:25, Naresh Gurbuxani  
> wrote:
> 
> Reporting back after a clean reinstall of R using directions and resources at 
> https://mac.r-project.org, both data.table and RQuantLib are working as 
> expected.  data.table has openmp enabled.  RQuantLib has intraday enabled.  
> There was no need to use Makevars file.
> 

Great. Is the intraday feature something that is of interest to users?  I 
wonder why it is not enabled by default. If it is useful and not harmful we 
could build CRAN binaries with that flag so you wouldn’t need to do any of what 
you did ...


> One observation about liblzma and PCRE2 libraries.  These libraries are 
> required before R installation.  While these can be installed using 
> install.libs() function,  that is only possible after R installation.  
> Therefore, these need to be downloaded, unpacked, then installed using 
> ./configure, make, and make install.  While experienced users are comfortable 
> with this procedure, new users may be tempted to avoid this by using a 
> package manager like HomeBrew or MacPorts.  As pointed out on this website, 
> and confirmed by my experience, libraries installed using package managers do 
> not always work well with directly installed libraries.  R core group should 
> consider either (i) including these libraries within R package installer, or 
> (ii) providing some more instructions on installing these libraries (similar 
> to OpenMP page).  
> 


Sorry, I don’t see why you would need to do any of that - the binaries are all 
ready-to-use, so you simply unpack them - there is no need to use configure, 
./make etc. since you don't have to compile them from sources - that’s the 
whole point of binaries.


> A similar problem will arise when a new version of R uses updated versions of 
> liblzma and PCRE2. 
> 


The versions are quite irrelevant since they are used statically so R doesn't 
care which version you use in packages and vice-versa.

Cheers,
Simon



> Thanks everyone for their help and patience,
> Naresh  
> 
>> On Mar 23, 2025, at 4:25 PM, Simon Urbanek  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Naresh,
>> 
>> please ignore all "advice" you go so far - most of it was wrong. From your 
>> earlier reports it looks like your system is messed up which the the core of 
>> the problem - please remove 3rd party libraries from your path (like 
>> homebrew, macports, /opt/local etc.) as that will interfere with the builds. 
>> You can tell that you have a serious mess by the fact that it's showing a 
>> *different* QuantLib version in the configure step than the one you 
>> downloaded so you have unrelated scripts on your PATH so everything will 
>> break.
>> 
>> So to start from scratch:
>> 
>> 1) move aside everything from /usr/local, e.g.
>> sudo mkdir /usr/local/.away
>> sudo mv /usr/local/* /usr/local/.away/
>> 
>> 2) create /opt/R/$(uname -m) and make you the owner
>> sudo mkdir -p /opt/R/$(uname -m)
>> sudo chown $USER /opt/R
>> 
>> 3) remove all non-system paths from PATH and prepend /opt/R/$(uname -m). 
>> Since we nuked /usr/local you may want to add R itself:
>> 
>> export PATH=/opt/R/$(uname 
>> -m)/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin
>> 
>> Now run install.libs("QuantLib") as before (as you, not root).
>> 
>> Install the package you care about (I presume RQuantLib). The best way to 
>> know what's going on is to install locally as it allows you to inspect 
>> config.log if something goes wrong, i.e.
>> 
>> # in R:
>> download.packages("RQuantLib",".",type='source')
>> # in the shell
>> tar fxz RQuantLib_*
>> R CMD INSTALL RQuantLib
>> 
>> if something goes wrong you'll have RQuantLib/config.log to look at. Note 
>> that you should not need any extra flags like --with-boost-include since 
>> they are already in the location they are supposed to be.
>> 
>> Once you're happy, you can move back /usr/local/ if you still need it, e.g.
>> 
>> sudo mv /usr/local/.away/* /usr/local/
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 24, 2025, at 5:36 AM, Naresh Gurbuxani 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> To give credit to Simon, at https://mac.r-project.org/bin instructions 
>>> include a note that “If you do not have write permission, you may need to 
>>> make it writeable or run sudo R.”
>>> 
>>> I ran sudo R and was able to install and download boost.  
>>> 
>>> ~ $ ls /opt/R/x86_64/include/
>>> boost  itclInt.h tcl.h tclTomMathDecls.h
>>> fakemysql.h   itclIntDecls.h tclDecls.h  tdbc.h
>>> fakepq.h  itclMigrate2TclCore.h  tclOO.h tdbcDecls.h
>>> fakesql.h itclTclIntStubsFcn.h   tclOODecls.htdbcInt.h
>>> itcl.h  mysqlStubs.h tclPlatDecls.h  tk.h
>>> itcl2TclOO.h  odbcStubs.h tclThread.h tkDecls.h
>>> itclDecls.h   pqStubs.h tclTomMath.htkPlatDecls.h
>>> ~ $ 
>>> 
>>> However, I am still not able to install RQuantLib.  It does not find boost.
 install.packages("RQuantLib", type = "source", lib = .libPaths()[2], 

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Naresh Gurbuxani]

Reporting back after a clean reinstall of R using directions and resources at 
https://mac.r-project.org, both data.table and RQuantLib are working as 
expected.  data.table has openmp enabled.  RQuantLib has intraday enabled.  
There was no need to use Makevars file.

One observation about liblzma and PCRE2 libraries.  These libraries are 
required before R installation.  While these can be installed using 
install.libs() function,  that is only possible after R installation.  
Therefore, these need to be downloaded, unpacked, then installed using 
./configure, make, and make install.  While experienced users are comfortable 
with this procedure, new users may be tempted to avoid this by using a package 
manager like HomeBrew or MacPorts.  As pointed out on this website, and 
confirmed by my experience, libraries installed using package managers do not 
always work well with directly installed libraries.  R core group should 
consider either (i) including these libraries within R package installer, or 
(ii) providing some more instructions on installing these libraries (similar to 
OpenMP page).  

A similar problem will arise when a new version of R uses updated versions of 
liblzma and PCRE2. 

Thanks everyone for their help and patience,
Naresh  

> On Mar 23, 2025, at 4:25 PM, Simon Urbanek  
> wrote:
> 
> Naresh,
> 
> please ignore all "advice" you go so far - most of it was wrong. From your 
> earlier reports it looks like your system is messed up which the the core of 
> the problem - please remove 3rd party libraries from your path (like 
> homebrew, macports, /opt/local etc.) as that will interfere with the builds. 
> You can tell that you have a serious mess by the fact that it's showing a 
> *different* QuantLib version in the configure step than the one you 
> downloaded so you have unrelated scripts on your PATH so everything will 
> break.
> 
> So to start from scratch:
> 
> 1) move aside everything from /usr/local, e.g.
> sudo mkdir /usr/local/.away
> sudo mv /usr/local/* /usr/local/.away/
> 
> 2) create /opt/R/$(uname -m) and make you the owner
> sudo mkdir -p /opt/R/$(uname -m)
> sudo chown $USER /opt/R
> 
> 3) remove all non-system paths from PATH and prepend /opt/R/$(uname -m). 
> Since we nuked /usr/local you may want to add R itself:
> 
> export PATH=/opt/R/$(uname 
> -m)/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin
> 
> Now run install.libs("QuantLib") as before (as you, not root).
> 
> Install the package you care about (I presume RQuantLib). The best way to 
> know what's going on is to install locally as it allows you to inspect 
> config.log if something goes wrong, i.e.
> 
> # in R:
> download.packages("RQuantLib",".",type='source')
> # in the shell
> tar fxz RQuantLib_*
> R CMD INSTALL RQuantLib
> 
> if something goes wrong you'll have RQuantLib/config.log to look at. Note 
> that you should not need any extra flags like --with-boost-include since they 
> are already in the location they are supposed to be.
> 
> Once you're happy, you can move back /usr/local/ if you still need it, e.g.
> 
> sudo mv /usr/local/.away/* /usr/local/
> 
> Cheers,
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 24, 2025, at 5:36 AM, Naresh Gurbuxani  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> To give credit to Simon, at https://mac.r-project.org/bin instructions 
>> include a note that “If you do not have write permission, you may need to 
>> make it writeable or run sudo R.”
>> 
>> I ran sudo R and was able to install and download boost.  
>> 
>> ~ $ ls /opt/R/x86_64/include/
>> boost  itclInt.h tcl.h tclTomMathDecls.h
>> fakemysql.h   itclIntDecls.h tclDecls.h  tdbc.h
>> fakepq.h  itclMigrate2TclCore.h  tclOO.h tdbcDecls.h
>> fakesql.h itclTclIntStubsFcn.h   tclOODecls.htdbcInt.h
>> itcl.h  mysqlStubs.h tclPlatDecls.h  tk.h
>> itcl2TclOO.h  odbcStubs.h tclThread.h tkDecls.h
>> itclDecls.h   pqStubs.h tclTomMath.htkPlatDecls.h
>> ~ $ 
>> 
>> However, I am still not able to install RQuantLib.  It does not find boost.
>>> install.packages("RQuantLib", type = "source", lib = .libPaths()[2], 
>>> configure.args = c("--with-boost-include=/opt/R/x86_64/include/boost"), 
>>> 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 

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Naresh Gurbuxani]

To give credit to Simon, at https://mac.r-project.org/bin instructions include 
a note that “If you do not have write permission, you may need to make it 
writeable or run sudo R.”

I ran sudo R and was able to install and download boost.  

~ $ ls /opt/R/x86_64/include/
boost  itclInt.h tcl.h tclTomMathDecls.h
fakemysql.h   itclIntDecls.h tclDecls.h  tdbc.h
fakepq.h  itclMigrate2TclCore.h  tclOO.h tdbcDecls.h
fakesql.h itclTclIntStubsFcn.h   tclOODecls.htdbcInt.h
itcl.h  mysqlStubs.h tclPlatDecls.h  tk.h
itcl2TclOO.h  odbcStubs.h tclThread.h tkDecls.h
itclDecls.h   pqStubs.h tclTomMath.htkPlatDecls.h
~ $ 

However, I am still not able to install RQuantLib.  It does not find boost.
> install.packages("RQuantLib", type = "source", lib = .libPaths()[2], 
> configure.args = c("--with-boost-include=/opt/R/x86_64/include/boost"), 
> 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_h9brvzgdjcm4gn/T/Rtmp7YHJMO/downloaded_packages’
Warning message:
In install.packages("RQuantLib", type = "source", lib = .libPaths()[2],  :
  installation of package ‘RQuantLib’ had non-zero exit status
> 

> On Mar 23, 2025, at 10:44 AM, Peter Dalgaard  wrote:
> 
> 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  
>> 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 
>>>  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 
>>> .
>>> 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?
>>> 
 

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Peter Dalgaard]

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  
> 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  
>> 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 
>> .
>> 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_h9brvzgdjcm4gn/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  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, 

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Simon Urbanek]

Naresh,

please ignore all "advice" you go so far - most of it was wrong. From your 
earlier reports it looks like your system is messed up which the the core of 
the problem - please remove 3rd party libraries from your path (like homebrew, 
macports, /opt/local etc.) as that will interfere with the builds. You can tell 
that you have a serious mess by the fact that it's showing a *different* 
QuantLib version in the configure step than the one you downloaded so you have 
unrelated scripts on your PATH so everything will break.

So to start from scratch:

1) move aside everything from /usr/local, e.g.
sudo mkdir /usr/local/.away
sudo mv /usr/local/* /usr/local/.away/

2) create /opt/R/$(uname -m) and make you the owner
sudo mkdir -p /opt/R/$(uname -m)
sudo chown $USER /opt/R

3) remove all non-system paths from PATH and prepend /opt/R/$(uname -m). Since 
we nuked /usr/local you may want to add R itself:

export PATH=/opt/R/$(uname 
-m)/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin

Now run install.libs("QuantLib") as before (as you, not root).

Install the package you care about (I presume RQuantLib). The best way to know 
what's going on is to install locally as it allows you to inspect config.log if 
something goes wrong, i.e.

# in R:
download.packages("RQuantLib",".",type='source')
# in the shell
tar fxz RQuantLib_*
R CMD INSTALL RQuantLib

if something goes wrong you'll have RQuantLib/config.log to look at. Note that 
you should not need any extra flags like --with-boost-include since they are 
already in the location they are supposed to be.

Once you're happy, you can move back /usr/local/ if you still need it, e.g.

sudo mv /usr/local/.away/* /usr/local/

Cheers,
Simon



> On Mar 24, 2025, at 5:36 AM, Naresh Gurbuxani  
> wrote:
> 
> To give credit to Simon, at https://mac.r-project.org/bin instructions 
> include a note that “If you do not have write permission, you may need to 
> make it writeable or run sudo R.”
> 
> I ran sudo R and was able to install and download boost.  
> 
> ~ $ ls /opt/R/x86_64/include/
> boost  itclInt.h tcl.h tclTomMathDecls.h
> fakemysql.h   itclIntDecls.h tclDecls.h  tdbc.h
> fakepq.h  itclMigrate2TclCore.h  tclOO.h tdbcDecls.h
> fakesql.h itclTclIntStubsFcn.h   tclOODecls.htdbcInt.h
> itcl.h  mysqlStubs.h tclPlatDecls.h  tk.h
> itcl2TclOO.h  odbcStubs.h tclThread.h tkDecls.h
> itclDecls.h   pqStubs.h tclTomMath.htkPlatDecls.h
> ~ $ 
> 
> However, I am still not able to install RQuantLib.  It does not find boost.
>> install.packages("RQuantLib", type = "source", lib = .libPaths()[2], 
>> configure.args = c("--with-boost-include=/opt/R/x86_64/include/boost"), 
>> 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_h9brvzgdjcm4gn/T/Rtmp7YHJMO/downloaded_packages’
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("RQuantLib", type = "source", lib = .libPaths()[2],  :
>  installation of package ‘RQuantLib’ had non-zero exit status
>> 
> 
>> On Mar 23, 2025, at 10:44 AM, Peter Dalgaard  wrote:
>> 
>> 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  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Peter,
>>> 
>>> In install.libs(), there is no argument for 

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Peter Dalgaard]

OK, so not the system tar; that settles that. Simon (cc'ed) might still want to 
fix J vs  j, though.

Re. permissions, I suspect you want to either

- run R as root for the installation
- change permissions on /opt/R & subdirectories
or
- install to a different directory

Re. MacPorts vs Simon's tools I really have no clue, except that it very often 
doesn't work to mix and match different toolchains. 

-pd


> On 23 Mar 2025, at 12.55, Naresh Gurbuxani  
> 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 
> .
> 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_h9brvzgdjcm4gn/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  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 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Naresh:
>>> 
>>> I’m seeing the same 

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Naresh Gurbuxani]

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  
> 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 
> .
> 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_h9brvzgdjcm4gn/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  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 
>>>  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", 

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[peter dalgaard]

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 
>  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)
> 
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> President, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical Association
> Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute
> Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus
> 
> 
> From: R-SIG-Mac  on behalf of Naresh 
> Gurbuxani 
> Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
> To: 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
>  
> $
>   ...
> 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
> 
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Re: [R-SIG-Mac] install.libs error

[Sparapani, Rodney via R-SIG-Mac]

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  on behalf of Naresh Gurbuxani 

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
To: 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
 
$
  ...
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

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