Hello, I have basic familiarity with Unix but by most standards a novice. I am trying to install R on a linux machine and am following the instructions in the R install and admin guide in terms of what is required to compile the R source code. I downloaded R version 2.11.1 and extracted the files into my home directory. I realize I need a FORTRAN compiler to help with this process and have tried installing a few but still cannot past the configuration step of installing R:
./configure --with-readline=no Once I run this command after installing GFortran I get the following error: ... checking whether we can compute C Make dependencies... yes, using gcc -std=gnu99 -MM checking whether gcc -std=gnu99 supports -c -o FILE.lo... yes checking how to get verbose linking output from gfortran... configure: WARNING: compilation failed checking for Fortran 77 libraries of gfortran... checking how to get verbose linking output from gcc -std=gnu99... -v checking for C libraries of gcc -std=gnu99... -L/usr/local/lib64 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../lib64 -L/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/../lib64 -lgcc_s checking for dummy main to link with Fortran 77 libraries... none checking for Fortran 77 name-mangling scheme... configure: error: in `/home/lotayv01/R-2.11.1': configure: error: cannot compile a simple Fortran program See `config.log' for more details. For more details I can show you the section in the config.log file ... /data/home/lotayv01/usr/local/gfortran/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.6.0/f951: error while loading shared libraries: libmpc.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory configure:22471: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | program main | | end configure:22548: WARNING: compilation failed configure:22554: result: configure:22556: checking for Fortran 77 libraries of gfortran configure:22579: gfortran -o conftest -L/usr/local/lib64 conftest.f /data/home/lotayv01/usr/local/gfortran/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.6.0/f951: error while loading shared libraries: libmpc.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ... When I check the version of Gfortran at the console command line I get this: GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.6.0 20100407 (experimental) [trunk revision 158083] Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Even before this I tried the g95 fortran compiler and the same thing happened, how can I fix this problem, any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/R-linux-install-FORTRAN-compiling-error-tp2240821p2240821.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.