[R] tcltk problems

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

Rolf,

A few quick points as I just noticed this thread (as I don't regularly dip
into r-help any more):

 1)  You really do not need to builds R locally on Ubuntu. I update the
     Debian package hours after Peter cuts a release. Michael rolls Ubuntu
     releases off these typically the same or next day, which arrive at CRAN
     in less than 72 hours after a release.

     See https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html

     I run these binaries myself on several personal machines and dozens more
     at work.  They. Just. Work.  Why not take advantage of a freebie?

 2)  If you still want to build locally, simply copy what we do. Our sources
     are public.  The debian/control for r-base (for Debian, albeit, don't
     have Michael's here but tcl/tk has not changed in year) has

        Build-Depends: gcc (>= 4:4.1.0), [...], tcl8.6-dev, tk8.6-dev, [...]

     so make sure you install those two package, and the debian/rules does

	./configure --prefix=/usr			\
                    [....]
		    --with-tcltk			\
                    [....]

        [...]

	$(MAKE)	    [...]

     ie nothing special for configure or make.

     My most recent build then logged

        checking for tclConfig.sh... no
        checking for tclConfig.sh in library (sub)directories... /usr/lib/tcl8.6/tclConfig.sh
        checking for tkConfig.sh... no
        checking for tkConfig.sh in library (sub)directories... /usr/lib/tk8.6/tkConfig.sh
        checking tcl.h usability... yes
        checking tcl.h presence... yes
        checking for tcl.h... yes
        checking tk.h usability... yes
        checking tk.h presence... yes
        checking for tk.h... yes
        checking whether compiling/linking Tcl/Tk code works... yes

     which echos what Peter already said. Its final state report for
     configure was

        R is now configured for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
        
          Source directory:          .
          Installation directory:    /usr
        
          C compiler:                gcc -std=gnu99  -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/r-base-3.4.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g
          Fortran 77 compiler:       gfortran  -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/r-base-3.4.2=. -fstack-protector-strong
        
          Default C++ compiler:      g++   -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/r-base-3.4.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g
          C++98 compiler:            g++ -std=gnu++98 -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/r-base-3.4.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g
          C++11 compiler:            g++ -std=gnu++11 -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/r-base-3.4.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g
          C++14 compiler:            g++  -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/r-base-3.4.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g
          C++17 compiler:            g++ -std=gnu++17 -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/r-base-3.4.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g
          Fortran 90/95 compiler:    gfortran -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/r-base-3.4.2=. -fstack-protector-strong
          Obj-C compiler:	      
        
          Interfaces supported:      X11, tcltk
          External libraries:        readline, BLAS(generic), LAPACK(generic), curl
          Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, TIFF, NLS, cairo, ICU
          Options enabled:           shared R library, R profiling, memory profiling
        
          Capabilities skipped:      
          Options not enabled:       shared BLAS
        
          Recommended packages:      no

     which looks pretty good to me. No capabilities. All batteries
     included. (And rec'd packages is no as we package them individually).

 3)  r-help is the wrong list for these questions. Come to r-sig-debian
     which covers R on .deb based systems.  We don't bite, and it is low volume

Cheers, Dirk

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