[R] problems compiling R on AIX5.1

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 5 May 2003, Harald Servat Gelabert wrote:

> I'm trying to compile R (versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2 and 1.7.0) on
> our IBM Power3 Machine for an external user.
> 
> I always used to configure with 
> ./configure --prefix=/scratch_tmp/harald/instala
> 
> I've never achieved to compile 1.7.0 because it seems that a file 
> called R.exp is missing (or maybe it's not well referenced on the
> makefile).

That one you can solve by installing pcre yourself, and then 
re-configuring.  You may have to do the same with bzip2 and zlib.
Or you can try deleting the reference to R.exp in the load command in the 
Makefile.

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