[Rcpp-devel] Problem compling rinside_sample0 on OSX

[Romain Francois]

Le 06/04/10 14:34, Douglas Bates a écrit :
>
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Romain Francois
> <romain at r-enthusiasts.com>  wrote:
>> Le 06/04/10 12:14, Dirk Eddelbuettel a écrit :
>>> Hi Dan,
>>>
>>> Thanks for switching to the list.
>>>
>>> On 5 April 2010 at 22:12, Dan Kulp wrote:
>>> | Hey,
>>> |   I just installed Rcpp RInside successful using CRAN, but when I try to
>>> | "make rinside_sample0" I get the following linking errors:
>>> |
>>> | ld warning: option -s is obsolete and being ignored
>>> | Undefined symbols:
>>> |   "SEXPREC* Rcpp::grow<Rcpp::Named>(Rcpp::Named const&, SEXPREC*)",
>>> | referenced from:
>>> |       SEXPREC* Rcpp::pairlist<Rcpp::Function, Rcpp::Named,
>>> | Rcpp::Named>(Rcpp::Function const&, Rcpp::Named const&, Rcpp::Named
>>> | const&)in libRInside.a(RInside.o)
>>> |       SEXPREC* Rcpp::pairlist<Rcpp::Function, Rcpp::Named,
>>> | Rcpp::Named>(Rcpp::Function const&, Rcpp::Named const&, Rcpp::Named
>>> | const&)in libRInside.a(RInside.o)
>>> | ld: symbol(s) not found
>>> | collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>> | make: *** [rinside_sample0] Error 1
>>>
>>> I think I just had that yesterday at work -- you do have to be careful to use
>>> _matching_ RInside and Rcpp releases.  Which I why going with CRAN is a good
>>> option.
>>>
>>> Using the _released_ versions 0.7.11 for Rcpp and 0.2.2 for RInside should
>>> 'just work'.   As Romain said, please send along the version numbers you used.
>>
>> Totally. It seems though that when you install from cran you get Rcpp
>> 0.7.10 even though cran advertizes 0.7.11, but I did not try all mirrors.
>
> It is not uncommon for the OS X binaries on CRAN to lag the other
> versions of a package.  It seems that building the OS X binaries is
> more involved than even the Windows binaries.
>
> I solve the problem of lagging OS X binaries by installing Linux on
> any Macs I use and ignoring the OS X system.  Now if only I could get
> around the stupid 1-button mouse and bizarre key mappings.  :-)

There is a setting in System preferences > Mouse that lets you emulate a 
two button mouse (at least with the magic mouse that was shipped with mine)

For the keyboard, I am still hostage. I often google for the keystrokes.

> (The true sign of a died-in-the-wool Macophile is when they try to
> convince why a 1-button mouse is really a good idea.)

not there yet.

>>> | Is this an OSX specific thing, or is the example code not sync'd with the
>>> | library from CRAN?.... or something else?
>>>
>>> We do try to make pretty sure that this works for _released_ versions.
>>   >
>>> Rcpp tends to change a lot so there sometimes is something changing at its
>>> side that may not yet be reflected at the RInside side. We try to minimise
>>> that but it happens. Sticking with the releases should help as a remedy.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Dirk


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