[R] Failure to compile source packages in Debian

[F. Tusell]

As of quite recently I experience failures to compile source packages. 
Messages like

  * Installing *source* package 'dse1' ...
** libs
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c dsefor.f -o dsefor.o
gcc -shared  -o dse1.so dsefor.o  -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.3 
-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.3/../../..
-lfrtbegin -lg2c-pic -lm -lgcc_s -L/usr/lib/R/bin -lR
/usr/bin/ld: no se puede encontrar -lg2c-pic

clearly point to the non-existence of library g2c-pic. Problem is I 
cannot locate  the .deb package
containing such library. Could some Debian user point me to the right 
location? (I am using
Debian "testing"  on a Pentium box and R ver. 1.8.1 installed from the 
.deb package.)

Thank you.

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