I just installed 4.8 and the R statistical language from packages, but it keeps crashing whenever I try to use plot().
$ R R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing ISBN 3-900051-07-0 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. > plot(1:10) /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R:/usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.1803.0: undefined symbol 'pthread_attr_destroy' /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R:/usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.1803.0: undefined symbol 'pthread_create' /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R:/usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.1803.0: undefined symbol 'pthread_attr_init' /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R:/usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.1803.0: undefined symbol 'pthread_exit' /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R:/usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.1803.0: undefined symbol 'pthread_attr_setscope' /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R:/usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.1803.0: undefined symbol 'pthread_attr_setstacksize' /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R:/usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.1803.0: undefined symbol 'pthread_mutex_trylock' /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R:/usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.1803.0: undefined symbol 'pthread_attr_setdetachstate' /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R:/usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.1803.0: undefined symbol 'pthread_join' /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R:/usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.1803.0: undefined symbol 'pthread_cond_timedwait' *** caught segfault *** address 0xf5e, cause 'memory not mapped' Traceback: 1: axis(side = side, at = at, labels = labels, ...) 2: Axis.default(...) 3: Axis(...) 4: localAxis(if (is.null(y)) xy$x else x, side = 1, ...) 5: plot.default(1:10) 6: plot(1:10) Possible actions: 1: abort (with core dump, if enabled) 2: normal R exit 3: exit R without saving workspace 4: exit R saving workspace Selection: Non-plotting commands seem to work fine: > sin(seq(-202, 23, 2)) [1] -0.80641841 0.87329730 0.07957859 -0.93953006 0.70238633 0.35493836 [7] -0.99779928 0.47552367 0.60202394 -0.97658438 0.21078107 0.80115264 [13] -0.87757534 -0.07075224 0.93646197 -0.70865914 -0.34664946 0.99717329 [19] -0.48329156 -0.59493278 0.97845035 -0.21942526 -0.79582410 0.88178462 [25] 0.06192034 -0.93332052 0.71487643 0.33833339 -0.99646917 0.49102159 [31] 0.58779501 -0.98023966 0.22805226 0.79043321 -0.88592482 -0.05308359 [37] 0.93010595 -0.72103771 -0.32999083 0.99568699 -0.49871315 -0.58061118 [43] 0.98195217 -0.23666139 -0.78498039 0.88999560 0.04424268 -0.92681851 [49] 0.72714250 0.32162240 -0.99482679 0.50636564 0.57338187 -0.98358775 [55] 0.24525199 0.77946607 -0.89399666 -0.03539830 0.92345845 -0.73319032 [61] -0.31322878 0.99388865 -0.51397846 -0.56610764 0.98514626 -0.25382336 [67] -0.77389068 0.89792768 0.02655115 -0.92002604 0.73918070 0.30481062 [73] -0.99287265 0.52155100 0.55878905 -0.98662759 0.26237485 0.76825466 [79] -0.90178835 -0.01770193 0.91652155 -0.74511316 -0.29636858 0.99177885 [85] -0.52908269 -0.55142668 0.98803162 -0.27090579 -0.76255845 0.90557836 [91] 0.00885131 -0.91294525 0.75098725 0.28790332 -0.99060736 0.53657292 [97] 0.54402111 -0.98935825 0.27941550 0.75680250 -0.90929743 0.00000000 [103] 0.90929743 -0.75680250 -0.27941550 0.98935825 -0.54402111 -0.53657292 [109] 0.99060736 -0.28790332 -0.75098725 0.91294525 -0.00885131 I also compiled from ports and ===> Building package for R-2.8.1p3 Create /usr/ports/packages/i386/all/R-2.8.1p3.tgz Link to /usr/ports/packages/i386/ftp/R-2.8.1p3.tgz Link to /usr/ports/packages/i386/cdrom/R-2.8.1p3.tgz $ ls /usr/ports/pa packages/ palm/ $ sudo pkg_delete R Password: R-2.8.1p3: ok Read shared items: ok r/ports/packages/i386/all/R-2.8.1p3.tgz < No pkgname in packing-list for gvfs-1.6.3p0 R-2.8.1p3: ok $ R ... same output Any clues?