[R] install R-1.3.1 on Solaris 8

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Wu Shuyuan wrote:

> Dear All:
>
> I tried to compile and install R-1.3.1 on Solaris 8,but never
> succeeded, Can you give me any suggestion?
> I used
> ./configure --with-x --x-includes=/usr/openwin/share/include/X11 \
> --x-libraries=/usr/openwin/lib --with-f77 \
> --with-tcl-config=/usr/local/lib --with-tk-config=/usr/local/lib
> I noticed that ld used /usr/ccs/bin/ld(ld: Software Generation
> Utilities-Solaris-ELF (4. 0)). I changed in config.site
> MAIN_LD=/usr/local/bin/ld(GNU ld version 2.9.1 (with BFD 2.9.1)
>   Supported emulations:
>    elf32_sparc)
> but R always use /usr/ccs/bin/ld.

It should.  GNU ld is not recommended on Solaris, AFAIK, and certainly
not with Sun's compiler (f77).


>
> I put the log files of configure, make,make check on the
> http://www.math.sc.edu/~wu/, click R compile problem on Solaris 8.
>
> Any suggestion are highly appreciated.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Shuyuan Wu
> Tel: 803-777-9312(o)
>
>
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