From murdoch.duncan at gmail.com  Thu Nov 18 18:43:44 2010
From: murdoch.duncan at gmail.com (Duncan Murdoch)
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:43:44 -0500
Subject: [Rd] Compiling R 2.12.0 from source: error (temp dir)
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On 18/11/2010 10:38 AM, Janko Thyson wrote:
> Sorry, but I'm still kind of puzzled on this one ;-)
>
> Found the Tcl/Tk section in the manual but I don't really understand where I
> have to set those options.

The quote below is from the Unix section of the manual. You're on Windows.

Tcl/Tk is included in the Rtools installer, but you have to choose to 
install it. It looks as though you didn't, or didn't install it in the 
right place.

Duncan Murdoch



>   Append it to 'make all recommended'? I checked
> 'make --help' which didn't list any such options. Or does that refer to the
> installation of Tcl/Tk itself? I downloaded and installed the binary version
> of Tcl/Tk (ActiveTcl
> http://downloads.activestate.com/ActiveTcl/releases/8.5.9.0/ActiveTcl8.5.9.0
> .293667-win32-ix86-threaded.exe) and as far as I understand, I now need to
> link that to the tcltk package of R, right? I don't know how I would install
> Tcl/Tk from its sources, but if that's the better choice: could anyone drop
> me the command line(s) I need to execute in order to install and link Tcl/Tk
> to my R (pre-)build?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Janko
>
> SECTION FROM THE MANUAL (P. 32):
> A.2.1 Tcl/Tk
> The tcltk package needs Tcl/Tk>= 8.4 installed: the sources are available
> at http://
> www.tcl.tk/. To specify the locations of the Tcl/Tk files you may need the
> configuration
> options
>    ?--with-tcltk?
>      use Tcl/Tk, or specify its library directory
>    ?--with-tcl-config=TCL_CONFIG?
>      specify location of ?tclConfig.sh?
>      ?--with-tk-config=TK_CONFIG?
>    specify location of ?tkConfig.sh?
> or use the configure variables TCLTK_LIBS and TCLTK_CPPFLAGS to specify the
> flags needed
> for linking against the Tcl and Tk libraries and for finding the ?tcl.h? and
> ?tk.h? headers,
> respectively. If you have both 32- and 64-bit versions of Tcl/Tk installed,
> specifying the paths
> to the correct config files may be necessary to avoid confusion between
> them.
>
> SYSTEM INFO:
>   - Windows XP SP 3
>   - R-2.12.0
>   - Eclipse 3.6.1
>   - StatET 0.9.x
>
> >  -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> >  Von: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com]
> >  Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. November 2010 12:54
> >  An: Janko Thyson
> >  Cc: 'r-devel at r-project. org'
> >  Betreff: Re: [Rd] Compiling R 2.12.0 from source: error (temp dir)
> >
> >  On 18/11/2010 5:40 AM, Janko Thyson wrote:
> >  >  I've created a /tmp directory so I wouldn't have to change TMPDIR. So
> >  far,
> >  >  so good. But now I get the error below. Anything I forgot regarding
> >  tcltk?
> >
> >  Looks as if you forgot to install it.
> >
> >  Duncan Murdoch
> >
> >  >
> >  >  Thx,
> >  >  Janko
> >  >
> >  >  ERROR:
> >  >  In file included from init.c:22:0:
> >  >  tcltk.h:23:17: fatal error: tcl.h: No such file or directory
> >  >  compilation terminated.
> >  >  make[4]: *** [init.o] Error 1
> >  >  make[3]: *** [mksrc-win] Error 1
> >  >  make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> >  >  make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> >  >  make: *** [all] Error 2
> >  >
> >  >  SYSTEM INFO:
> >  >    - Windows XP SP 3
> >  >    - R-2.12.0
> >  >    - Eclipse 3.6.1
> >  >    - StatET 0.9.x
> >  >
> >  >>  -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> >  >>  Von: Janko Thyson [mailto:janko.thyson at ku-eichstaett.de]
> >  >>  Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. November 2010 11:13
> >  >>  An: 'Prof Brian Ripley'
> >  >>  Cc: 'r-devel at r-project. org'
> >  >>  Betreff: AW: [Rd] Compiling R 2.12.0 from source: error (temp dir)
> >  >>
> >  >>>  -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> >  >>>  Von: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
> >  >>>  Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. November 2010 18:42
> >  >>>  An: Janko Thyson
> >  >>>  Cc: 'r-devel at r-project. org'
> >  >>>  Betreff: Re: [Rd] Compiling R 2.12.0 from source: error (temp dir)
> >  >>>
> >  >>>  Is this on Windows?  (Please do consult the posting guide and tell
> >  us
> >  >>>  the 'at a minimum' information we asked for.)
> >  >>>
> >  >>>  If so, it seems you forget the bit about setting TMPDIR right at
> >  the
> >  >>>  top of the section on 'Building the core files':
> >  >>>
> >  >>>      Set the environment variable @env{TMPDIR} to point to a
> >  writable
> >  >>>      directory, with a path specified with forward slashes and no
> >  >>  spaces.
> >  >>>      (The default is @file{/tmp}, which may not be useful on
> >  Windows.)
> >  >>>
> >  >>
> >  >>  Sorry, I always forget to provide that info.
> >  >>
> >  >>  Could you tell me where/how I have to set TMPDIR? I've looked in
> >  >>  MkRules.local but didn't find anything. Or is that an argument at
> >  'make
> >  >>  all recommended'?
> >  >>
> >  >>  Thanks,
> >  >>  Janko
> >  >>
> >  >>  SYSTEM INFO:
> >  >>  - Windows XP SP 3
> >  >>  - R-2.12.0
> >  >>  - Eclipse 3.6.1
> >  >>  - StatET 0.9.x
> >  >>
> >  >>>  On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, Janko Thyson wrote:
> >  >>>
> >  >>>>  Dear list,
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  I've just tried to compile R 2.12.0 from source as I think I found
> >  >>  an
> >  >>>  error
> >  >>>>  in a C function that I would like to fix and check before I go
> >  >>  ahead
> >  >>>  with
> >  >>>>  posting the presumed error.
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  I've got the R Toolset 2.12 installed and configured correctly and
> >  >>>  followed
> >  >>>>  the Admin manual closely (including the entire bitmap stuff; exact
> >  >>>  same
> >  >>>>  versions as in the manual). Also, all anti virus software is
> >  turned
> >  >>>  off (as
> >  >>>>  it complained on some .exe). I have Admin rights on my box.
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  When I run 'make all recommended' I get the following error after
> >  a
> >  >>>  while:
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  cannot create /tmp/R5436: directory nonexistent
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  mv: cannot stat `/tmp/R5436': No such file or directory
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  make[3]: *** [mkR] Error 1
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  make: *** [all] Error 2
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  Any ideas what this is about? Seems that the compiler can't create
> >  >>  a
> >  >>>  temp
> >  >>>>  directory because of a missing directory.
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  Thanks for any hints,
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  Janko
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>
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> >  >>>>
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[Rd] Compiling R 2.12.0 from source: error (temp dir)
Duncan Murdoch