You have an incompatible libz.a in /usr/local/lib64, without the corresponding libz.so. That is *not* the default on any 'linux machine' I have ever seen. Please remove it, and make sure you have the system shared libz installed.
Also, why are you installing the obsolete R-2.4.0? On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Amr Ahmed wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install R on a linux machine. The output of running > ./configure is > > ============================== > R is now configured for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > > Source directory: . > Installation directory: /usr/local > > C compiler: gcc -g -O2 -std=gnu99 > Fortran 77 compiler: g77 -g -O2 > > C++ compiler: g++ -g -O2 > Fortran 90/95 compiler: gfortran -g -O2 > > Interfaces supported: X11, tcltk > External libraries: readline > Additional capabilities: PNG, JPEG, iconv, MBCS, NLS > Options enabled: shared BLAS, R profiling > > Recommended packages: yes > ================================ > > > however when I run "make" I got the following error: > > > ================================ > gcc -shared -L/usr/local/lib64 -o R_X11.so dataentry.o devX11.o rotated.o > rbitmap.o -lSM -lICE -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lX11 -lXt -ljpeg -lpng -lz -lm > /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib64/libz.a(crc32.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 > against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; > recompile with -fPIC > /usr/local/lib64/libz.a: could not read symbols: Bad value > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[4]: *** [R_X11.so] Error 1 > make[4]: Leaving directory `/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/amahmed/R-2.4.0 > /src/modules/X11' > make[3]: *** [R] Error 2 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/amahmed/R-2.4.0 > /src/modules/X11' > make[2]: *** [R] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/amahmed/R-2.4.0 > /src/modules' > make[1]: *** [R] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/amahmed/R-2.4.0/src' > make: *** [R] Error 1 > ================================ > > I think the error is critical as when I want to run R from the command line > I got the following error: > > ======================= > $./R > ./R: error while loading shared libraries: libRblas.so: cannot open shared > object file: No such file or directory[ > ======================= > > Any idea? I just want to be able to run R from command line, no need for gui > interface. > > Thanks > Amr > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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.