Biting the bullet?

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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)?



On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
wrote:

>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> So, if you will bear with me, I'd like to start off with a preliminary
> question:
>
> 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:
>
>  connections.o: In function `gzcon_write':
>> /home/rolf/Desktop/Rinst/R-3.2.0/src/main/connections.c:5469: undefined
>> reference to `deflate'
>>
>
>
> 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:
>
>  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>>
>
> People from the R-help mailing list said that the problem lies in some
> "compression related" libs --- zlib, bzlib, liblzma.
>
> 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.
>
> It was also suggested that I try building R-patched.  So I tried; no help
> there either.
>
> So: Can anyone suggest what I can or should do to overcome this problem
> *without* having to upgrade?
>
> 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:
>
> (1) First, do this.
>
> (2) Second, do something else.
>
> (3) Third .....
>
> 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.
>
> (I know that step (0) is to make a backup of all my user files.  Which I
> know how to do and will do.)
>
> A specific question, I guess, is:  Do I use yum for such an upgrade?
> (And if so, what is the syntax?) Or do I use fedup?  (And likewise, what
> is the syntax?)
>
> 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".)
>
> Everlastingly grateful for any help that anyone can extend.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
>
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