[Rcpp-devel] Installation issue for Rcpp_0.8.9 and Rcpp_0.9.0

[Steve Moffitt]

First, is this an appropriate way to report issues with Rcpp and RInside?

Second, I'd like to commend all developers for your fine work in supporting the R environment, especially through the Rcpp and RInside packages.  

I've updated both versions on an up-to-date Fedora Core 13 machine and they work quite well.

I'm having some trouble, however, installing Rcpp in a production environment over which I have little control.  Here are the particulars.

(1) I can build R-2.12.0 successfully on a Redhat 5.0 platform with a bash shell (Linux quant1 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 #1 SMP Fri Oct 29 14:21:16 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) using gcc/g++ v.4.1.2.  The build succeeds; R launches successfully and I can installs packages using 'install.packages' or R CMD INSTALL.  An installation script 'installR.ksh'  is attached - it succeeds up to the point when R CMD INSTALL attempts to install Rcpp.  Note that R-2.12.0 is installed in a directory ~/prod/thirdparty/R/R-2,12,0 and that I intended to install packages into ~/prod/thirdparty/R/R-2,12,0/library.

(2) I can install packages 'chron', 'dateTime' and 'timeSeries' from gzipped source or from the command line.  (The machine's firewall prevents me from installing via the web.) I haven't tried installing other packages since I don't need them at this time.

(3) I've spent several days trying unsuccessfully to install Rcpp_0.8.9 and Rcpp_0.9.0 by reading the 'R Installation and Administration' and 'Writing R Extensions' docs to determine if I've installed incorrectly.   Rcpp build output is attached, generated from a command line invocation of 'install.packages'. I determined that everything works as it should (targets built, etc.) up to the 'dyn.load' test.  There the installation fails when it can't locate the (mangled) symbol '_ZTVN10__cxxabiv120__si_class_type_infoE'.

(4) The same error occurs when I attempt to install using 'R CMD INSTALL'.

Can you advise?  Thanks in advance.

Steve Moffitt

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WH Trading, LLC
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