On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > "Sarosh Jamal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Hi there, >> >> I was updating the R-cmdr add-on (v.1.1-6 to the latest v.1.2) for R >> (v.2.2.0) in a SunOS9 environment and came across some warnings during my >> installation - it seems to download the dependencies but runs into the >> following during install: >> >> * Installing *source* package 'acepack' ... >> ** libs >> /opt/sfw/R/R-2.2.0/bin/SHLIB: make: not found >> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'acepack' >> /opt/sfw/R/R-2.2.0/bin/INSTALL: test: argument expected >> ERROR: failed to lock directory '/opt/sfw/R/R-2.2.0/library' for modifying >> Try removing '/opt/sfw/R/R-2.2.0/library/00LOCK' >> >> I don't see why I would have to remove the 00LOCK file since it seems to >> have been created by the very session of R I use to run install.packages(). >> >> I'm attaching the complete log. >> >> Any insight or feedback will be much appreciated. > > Notice the _first_ issue reported: > > make: not found
It is in /usr/ccs/bin, and not usually in the Parh on Solaris. BUT, your R is very old (2.2.0, and 2.4.0 is about to go into beta). Please update as we ask (see the posting guide) *before* posting about problems. > without a functioning "make" command, you're not likely to get > anything to work. Presumably, since you have a functioning R, "make" > is there somewhere, but you need to adjust your PATH. The rest could > well just be consequences. Yes, of the use of a long-outdated version of R. The 00LOCK problem was a Solaris (Bourne) sh vs bash problem fixed long ago, but since 2.2.0 AFAIR. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.