Newbie here (to R) and running Linux... > install.packages("gsl","~/R") ... trying URL 'http://cran.wustl.edu/src/contrib/gsl_1.8-4.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-tar' length 57051 bytes opened URL ================================================== downloaded 55Kb
* Installing *source* package 'gsl' ... checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for gsl_sf_airy_Ai_e in -lgsl... no configure: error: Cannot find Gnu Scientific Library. ERROR: configuration failed for package 'gsl' and I have gsl: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/N/soft/linux-sles9-ppc64/gsl-1.8-xlc/lib and, fwiw: /N/soft/linux-sles9-ppc64/R-2.5.0-ibm-64/lib/R/bin/exec> file R R: ELF 64-bit MSB executable, cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/ Linux 2.4.21, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped tia, Randy [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.