[Pythonmac-SIG] building rpy

[Bob Ippolito]

On Jul 9, 2005, at 9:09 AM, Teemu Rinne wrote:

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>
> --On Saturday, July 9, 2005 8:34 AM -1000 Bob Ippolito  
> <bob at redivi.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Jul 9, 2005, at 7:08 AM, Teemu Rinne wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Based on google searches, it seems that rpy (interface for R)
>>> should build
>>> ok on 10.3.9... how to do it? Is there a binary installer available
>>> (compatible with pythonmac.org/packages/)?
>>>
>>> Building for R version 2.1.1 ...
>>> running build
>>> running build_py
>>> running build_ext
>>> building '_rpy' extension
>>> gcc -Wl,-F. -Wl,-F. -bundle -framework Python
>>> build/temp.darwin-7.9.0-Power_Macintosh-2.3/src/rpymodule.o
>>> build/temp.darwin-7.9.0-Power_Macintosh-2.3/src/R_eval.o
>>> build/temp.darwin-7.9.0-Power_Macintosh-2.3/src/io.o
>>> -L/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/Frameworks -lR -o
>>> build/lib.darwin-7.9.0-Power_Macintosh-2.3/_rpy.so
>>> ld: warning -L: directory name
>>> (/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/Frameworks) does not  
>>> exist
>>> ld: can't locate file for: -lR
>>> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
>>>
>>
>> It looks like you need to install R.
>>
>> -bob
>>
>>
>
> I installed the binaries from <http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/>,
> R-2.1.1.dmg.
>
> demo(graphics) works ok, R seems to be installed.
>
> Contents of /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources look like this:
>
> AUTHORS         FAQ             RESOURCES       etc             man1
> COPYING         NEWS            THANKS          include          
> modules
> COPYING.LIB     ONEWS           bin             lib             share
> COPYRIGHTS      R               doc             library
>
>
> That is, /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/Frameworks is  
> missing,
> thus, there is something wrong with my R installation? How should  
> it be
> installed then to get the missing Frameworks dir?

I don't know, perhaps you should ask the rpy author or porter.  That  
path doesn't really look right in the first place at closer inspection.

-bob