[R] R-installation

[kannaiah at bsd.uchicago.edu]

Thanks for the info. As it turned out i had to update a lot of packages. Finally
the configure worked and created the Makefile. But my make flopped at the end
with this error: 
Any help is appreciated.

Thank you

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/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/libg2c.a(s_cat.o):
relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a
shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/libg2c.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [lapack.so] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/opt/R/R-2.4.0/src/modules/lapack'
make[3]: *** [R] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/R/R-2.4.0/src/modules/lapack'
make[2]: *** [R] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/R/R-2.4.0/src/modules'
make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/R/R-2.4.0/src'
make: *** [R] Error 1
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Quoting Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk>:

> kannaiah at bsd.uchicago.edu writes:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I get this following error when try the "configure" command. Any
> suggestions
> > would be helpful
> > 
> > configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
> available
> > 
> > 
> > Not sure whats happening here. 
> 
> Well, readline headers and libraries are not found. Installing the
> readline-devel RPM usually helps.
> 
> See also FAQ 7.20 and the "R Installation and Administration" manual.
> 
> 
> >I am trying to install on a Redhat Linux ES v4.0
> > on a AMD 64 opteron machine.
> > 
> > thanks for the help:)
> > 
> > -Kiran
> > 
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