This is not a 'compile error' but an error from the configure script, probably a run error. As it says
> See `config.log' for more details. and then ask your local Linux guru what is broken locally. This is neither an R nor an RODBC problem, and for what it is worth RODBC_1.1-7.tar.gz configures correctly on x86_64 Linux on FC5 and FC3, as well as various Debian versions (even with Debian's modified unixODBC). On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Matthew Dowle wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm getting the following error, could anyone help please? > > $ R CMD INSTALL RODBC_1.1-7.tar.gz > * Installing *source* package 'RODBC' ... > checking for gcc... gcc -std=gnu99 > checking for C compiler default output file name... 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 -std=gnu99 accepts -g... yes > checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to accept ANSI C... none needed > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu99 -E > checking for egrep... grep -E > checking for ANSI C header files... yes > checking for sys/types.h... yes > checking for sys/stat.h... yes > checking for stdlib.h... yes > checking for string.h... yes > checking for memory.h... yes > checking for strings.h... yes > checking for inttypes.h... yes > checking for stdint.h... yes > checking for unistd.h... yes > checking sql.h usability... yes > checking sql.h presence... yes > checking for sql.h... yes > checking sqlext.h usability... yes > checking sqlext.h presence... yes > checking for sqlext.h... yes > checking for library containing SQLTables... -lodbc > checking for SQLLEN... yes > checking for SQLULEN... yes > checking for long... yes > checking size of long... configure: error: cannot compute sizeof (long), > 77 > See `config.log' for more details. > ERROR: configuration failed for package 'RODBC' > ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/library/RODBC' > ** Restoring previous '/usr/local/lib/R/library/RODBC' > >> version > _ > platform x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > arch x86_64 > os linux-gnu > system x86_64, linux-gnu > status > major 2 > minor 4.1 > year 2006 > month 12 > day 18 > svn rev 40228 > language R > version.string R version 2.4.1 (2006-12-18) >> > > > Regards, > Matthew > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- 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.
