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On November 11, 2014 8:10:49 AM PST, Vinh Nguyen <vinhdi...@gmail.com> wrote: >Dear list, > >I was able to successfully compile R on our AIX box at work using the >GNU compilers following the instructions on the R Administration >guide. The output can be seen at here >(https://gist.github.com/nguyenvinh/504321ea9c89d8919bef) and yields >no errors . > >However, I get a segfault whenever I try to use the install.packages >function to install packages. Using debug, I was able to trace it to >the readDCF function: > >Browse[2]> >debug: if (!all) return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white))) >Browse[2]> >debug: return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white))) >Browse[2]> > > *** caught segfault *** >address 4, cause 'invalid permissions' > >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: > >Was curious if anyone has a clue on why such error exists or what I >could do to fix it? I'm able to install packages via R CMD INSTALL, >but I would hate to have to manually determine dependencies, download >the source for each package, and install them "by hand" via R CMD >INSTALL. Would be great to get this resolved. Thank you for your >help. > >-- Vinh > >______________________________________________ >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. ______________________________________________ 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.