<div dir="ltr">Would it be possible to build a static "R" binary on a more recent Fedora distribution then use binary the binary on your Fedora 17 machine(s)?<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Rolf Turner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:r.turner@auckland.ac.nz" target="_blank">r.turner@auckland.ac.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
I have finally reached a stage where I may have to bite the bullet, grasp the nettle, screw my courage to the sticking place .... and upgrade my Fedora version.<br>
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I am currently running Fedora 17. Which is of course antediluvian. But everything I have seen on this list with respect to upgrading terrifies me. Disasters seem to lurk everywhere and I haven't the skills to cope with disasters. Nor do I have access to any support in respect of Fedora.<br>
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So, if you will bear with me, I'd like to start off with a preliminary question:<br>
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The seeming necessity for upgrading arises from a pressing need to upgrade "R" to version 3.2.0. When I try to build this version I get a load of error messages (basically coming from gcc I think) like unto:<br>
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connections.o: In function `gzcon_write':<br>
/home/rolf/Desktop/Rinst/R-3.2.0/src/main/connections.c:5469: undefined reference to `deflate'<br>
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There were also complaints about undefined references to inflate, crc32, deflateEnd, inflateEnd, inflateReset, inflateInit2_, deflateInit2_, compress, uncompress, and zlibVersion, many of which were issued repeatedly. It finally gave up, saying:<br>
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collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status<br>
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People from the R-help mailing list said that the problem lies in some "compression related" libs --- zlib, bzlib, liblzma.<br>
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I tried installing zlib and zlib-devel (using yum install) and was told in both cases that my system was up-to-date. I tried installing bzlib and was told there was nothing by that name. I then installed lzma and lzma-devel (*that* seemed to work) but it didn't help. Same undefined references problems as before.<br>
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It was also suggested that I try building R-patched. So I tried; no help there either.<br>
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So: Can anyone suggest what I can or should do to overcome this problem *without* having to upgrade?<br>
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Given that the answer to my preliminary question is "No", can anyone be so kind as to provide me with a *recipe* for upgrading, expressed in simple-minded terms that I can understand? Something of the form:<br>
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(1) First, do this.<br>
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(2) Second, do something else.<br>
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(3) Third .....<br>
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You get the idea. I'm afraid vague generalities would be of no help to me, since I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.<br>
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(I know that step (0) is to make a backup of all my user files. Which I know how to do and will do.)<br>
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A specific question, I guess, is: Do I use yum for such an upgrade?<br>
(And if so, what is the syntax?) Or do I use fedup? (And likewise, what is the syntax?)<br>
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If no-one wants to write out a set of instructions for me (and admittedly I can see that they may well not want to) can someone point me at such a set of instructions somewhere on the web? Again, they would have to be expressed in a very simple-minded way. ("Upgrading Fedora for Dummies".)<br>
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Everlastingly grateful for any help that anyone can extend.<br>
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cheers,<br>
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Rolf Turner<br>
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