Failed to install R due to error in configure step

[fvaccari]

Build of R failed on a 10.6.8 system with following message:

--->  Computing dependencies for R
--->  Configuring R
Error: Failed to configure R, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_R/R/work/R-3.4.0/config.log
Error: Failed to configure R: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_R/R/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port R failed

If the problem is Snow Leopard, I understand it's quite an obsolete system but it's very stable and our Xserve can't be updated...

I attache the two log files mentioned in the error message

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Error is:

:info:configure dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libreadline.6.dylib
:info:configure   Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/gawk
:info:configure   Reason: image not found

So either your gawk or readline port needs to be updated.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Solution is :

sudo port selfupdate
sudo port upgrade readline gawk

[fvaccari]

Replying to mf2k:

Error is:

:info:configure dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libreadline.6.dylib
:info:configure   Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/gawk
:info:configure   Reason: image not found

So either your gawk or readline port needs to be updated.

All the dependencies required by R were properly installed, so I thought none was missing. I'm now updating all the outdated packages. It will take time, but it looks you are right about readline, as it seems I now have a broken gnuplot. When I try tu run it, I get the message

dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libreadline.6.dylib

but I'm puzzled as looking at the available packages on the MacPorts site I see either readline 5.2 or 7.0 (no 6 mentioned), and I have 7.0.003 installed. Anyway, I'll be back on this after the update will finish.

Thanks for your help!

Franco

[fvaccari]

Replying to mf2k:

Solution is :

sudo port selfupdate
sudo port upgrade readline gawk

I definitely did a selfupdate before trying to install R. Can't say if readline or gawk were upgraded when I tried to install R.

Anyway, just now my general update has failed, and I now have many broken ports. Will try to recover, but I'm afraid I'll have to restart from scratch... Will post an update after trying to install R on a fresh new MacPorts installation

[fvaccari]

So, after uninstalling the broken packages and their dependants, the configure step of R went fine, as well as the build. I've no clue on how my installation went into this broken state, but this ticket can be definitely closed.

Sorry for the noise

Franco