I'm not sure what is causing it to dump core. I'm using FreeBSD 4.7 and I'm waiting for 5.1 before upgrading so I can't troubleshoot it on my end. Here are some things you may want to try: (1)~use /stand/sysinstall to add R as a binary package (R-1.5.1_1 is available this way), (2)~if you think it's X, try configuring R to install without X (I think there is a configure option for this, something like: configure --without-x). (3)~when you installed the FreeBSD packages, make sure that none of them had XFree86 3.3.6 as a dependency, which would cause it to overwrite the 4.2 libraries (but, you'd really notice if this happened this b/c X would not work at all, not just R). (4)~if this is a brand new machine setup, you may want to use the more stable FreeBSD 4.7 until 5.1 comes out in a few months. Of course, none of those suggestions are ideal, but may help you to trouble shoot the issue.
Loren On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Peng Zhang wrote: > Dear loren, > > Thank you for your reply! I did try to install directly from source code. > However I got the following error information: > > ../../../../library/methods/libs/methods.so is unchanged > dumping R code in package 'methods' > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > *** Error code 139 > > Stop in /usr/home/pzhang/R-1.6.2/src/library/methods. > *** Error code 1 > > Whether is there something wrong with my X settings? Thank you for your > help. > > Best wishes, > Peng > > ******************************* > Peng Zhang > Department of Biostatistics > Harvard School of Public Health > 655 Huntington Avenue > Boston, Massachusetts 02115 > ******************************* > > I believe I can fly > I believe I can touch the sky > > On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, loren mccarter wrote: > > > I've been using R on FreeBSD for several years now so I can tell you it > > works fine. However I have not yet upgraded to FreeBSD 5.0 so perhaps it > > has something to do with the new version. Here's something you may want > > to try: Rather than using the old version of R from the FreeBSD ports > > collection, download the latest R source directly from CRAN then try to > > ./configure && make && make install it. I've found that R obeys the > > FreeBSD 'hier' and the sources on CRAN are always more up to date than the > > compliled FreeBSD packages or ports. > > > > Loren > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Peng Zhang wrote: > > > > > Hello there, > > > > > > I just changed to FreeBSD platform, and want to install R on it. I use > > > FreeBSD 5.0 and install nearly all packages on the machine. When I use > > > ports to install R, (cd /usr/ports/math/R-letter, and then type make) I > > > got the following error information. > > > ../../../../library/methods/libs/methods.so is unchanged > > > dumping R code in package 'methods' > > > Fatal error: The X11 shared library could not be loaded. > > > The error was /usr/ports/math/R-letter/work/R-1.6.0/modules/R_X11.so: > > > Undefined symbol "R_GlobalEnv" > > > Can somebody tell me why and how to fix this problem? > > > > > > Thank you for your help! > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Peng > > > > > > ******************************* > > > Peng Zhang > > > Department of Biostatistics > > > Harvard School of Public Health > > > 655 Huntington Avenue > > > Boston, Massachusetts 02115 > > > ******************************* > > > > > > I believe I can fly > > > I believe I can touch the sky > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
