I'm on Arch Linux kernel version 4.11.6-1 using gcc version 7.1.1:
gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 7.1.1 20170516
I have installed R through the arch package manager pacman and when I
attempt to initiate it, R crashes stating a missing dependency:
/usr/lib64/R/bin/exec/R: error while loading shared libr
R is compatible with GCC 7.1 ! New compiler versions are tested, as
well as those under development for the major compilers. (A few
packages still fail with GCC 7.1, but that was reported to their
maintainers months ago.)
Just follow the instructions in the R-admin manual to install from sou
Thank you for correcting my misunderstandings, Professor. Compiling from
source did the trick, and I'll be following up with the arch maintainers
about addressing the issue on their end.
Best,
Chris
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 at 11:02 Prof Brian Ripley
wrote:
> R is compatible with GCC 7.1 ! New com
FWIW, I don't have any problems with R on Arch Linux.
On Jun 23, 2017 1:32 PM, "Chris Cole" wrote:
> Thank you for correcting my misunderstandings, Professor. Compiling from
> source did the trick, and I'll be following up with the arch maintainers
> about addressing the issue on their end.
>
>
Thanks Ista, that's good to know. Did you install from pacman?
Chris
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 at 20:35 Ista Zahn wrote:
> FWIW, I don't have any problems with R on Arch Linux.
>
> On Jun 23, 2017 1:32 PM, "Chris Cole" wrote:
>
>> Thank you for correcting my misunderstandings, Professor. Compiling f
Yes, regular install from the official repositories, all packages up
to date, works like a charm. I'm happy to follow up with you off-list
if you like, since this probably isn't interesting to a general R-user
audience.
Best,
Ista
On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 9:51 PM, Chris Cole wrote:
> Thanks Ista,
