Hello, I am trying to compile sources of R-1.5.0 on a Mandrake 8.1 linux box. For Fortran compiler needs, I downloaded and installed a g77 rpm. But the configure step fails with following output. I would like to know if any of you had similar problem and how you solved. Thanks in advance. Mohan ------------------- configure output ------ checking for g77... g77 checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no checking whether g77 accepts -g... yes .... [ skip ] ... checking how to get verbose linking output from g77... -v checking for Fortran 77 libraries... -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-redhat-linux/3.0.4 -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-redhat-linux/3.0.4/../../.. -ldl -lncurses -lg2c -lm checking for dummy main to link with Fortran 77 libraries... none checking for Fortran 77 name-mangling scheme... lower case, underscore, extra underscore checking whether g77 and gcc agree on int and double... yes checking whether g77 and gcc agree on double complex... yes checking whether g77 supports -c -o FILE.lo... yes checking whether g++ accepts -M for generating dependencies... yes checking whether g++ supports -c -o FILE.lo... yes checking whether gcc accepts -mieee-fp... yes checking whether g++ accepts -mieee-fp... yes checking for xmkmf... /usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf configure: WARNING: I could not determine FPICFLAGS. configure: error: See the file INSTALL for more information. -----------------------------------------------------------------

>>>>> Mohan Parigi writes: > Hello, > I am trying to compile sources of R-1.5.0 on a Mandrake 8.1 linux box. > For Fortran compiler needs, I downloaded and installed a g77 rpm. But > the configure step fails with following output. I would like to know if > any of you had similar problem and how you solved. > Thanks in advance. > Mohan > ------------------- configure output ------ > checking for g77... g77 > checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no > checking whether g77 accepts -g... yes > .... > [ skip ] > ... > checking how to get verbose linking output from g77... -v > checking for Fortran 77 libraries... -L/usr/local/lib > -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-redhat-linux/3.0.4 > -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-redhat-linux/3.0.4/../../.. -ldl -lncurses -lg2c > -lm > checking for dummy main to link with Fortran 77 libraries... none > checking for Fortran 77 name-mangling scheme... lower case, underscore, > extra underscore > checking whether g77 and gcc agree on int and double... yes > checking whether g77 and gcc agree on double complex... yes > checking whether g77 supports -c -o FILE.lo... yes > checking whether g++ accepts -M for generating dependencies... yes > checking whether g++ supports -c -o FILE.lo... yes > checking whether gcc accepts -mieee-fp... yes > checking whether g++ accepts -mieee-fp... yes > checking for xmkmf... /usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf > configure: WARNING: I could not determine FPICFLAGS. > configure: error: See the file INSTALL for more information. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor The problem is with the above checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no which means that your g77 is not recognized as GNU Fortran 77. I have no idea why ... have a look at g77 -v. -k