Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:18:59 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
From:      Vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it>
To:        r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   R: Re: [R] RODBC fails to build
Message-ID:  <18975192.1131545939684.JavaMail.root@pswm15.cp.tin.it>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Dear All,

Thanks to the suggestion of Prof Ripley I progressively=20
solved the many libraries problems connected to the installation of the=20
R package RODBC under FreeBSD 5.4.=20
*** As far as this OS is concerned=20
*** please take notice that the sentence in the README file:".....
Use=20
the configure options --with-odbc-include and --with-odbc-lib or
environment variables ODBC_INCLUDE and ODBC_LIBS to set the include
and=20
library paths as needed...."
doesn't give a complete piece of info. As=20
a matter of fact, as well as setting $ODBC_INCLUDE=3D/usr/local/include=20
and $ODBC_LIBS=3D/usr/local/lib I had also to put ** $LIBS=3D-
L/usr/local/lib ** which wasn't in the README (and wasn't that=20
intuitive, was it?).
In so doing I solved the sql.h, sqlext.h headers=20
problem and a successive problem with the SQLTables libraries.
This set=20
things straight and RODBC was compiled flawlessly.
I think it would be=20
worth your while adding this piece of information in the README file.

Ciao
Vittorio
=20


>----Messaggio originale----
>Da: vdemart1@tin.it
>Data: 8-nov-2005 11.45 PM
>A: <r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch>
>Ogg: Re: [R]=20
RODBC fails to build
>
>yes, I read it. Nevertheless I can't make head=20
or tail of it.
>Can anyone out there help me with a step by step=20
explanation?
>Ciao
>Vittorio
>
>Alle 17:34, marted=C3=AC 08 novembre 2005,=20
Prof Brian Ripley ha scritto:
>> Did you read the package's README?  It=20
contains two ways to set these
>> paths.
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Nov 2005,=20
Vittorio wrote:
>> > Context:Pentium 4, FreeBSD 5.4, R 2.2.0
>> >
>> >=20
I updated the extra packages I
>> > had downloaded but the upgrading of=20
RODBC failed complaining:
>> >
>> > checking
>> > for unistd.h... yes
>> > checking sql.h usability... no
>> > checking sql.h
>> >=20
presence... no
>> > checking for sql.h... no
>> > checking sqlext.h=20
usability...
>> > no
>> > checking sqlext.h presence... no
>> >=20
checking for sqlext.h... no
>> > configure: error: "ODBC headers sql.h=20
and sqlext.h not found"
>> > ERROR:
>> > configuration failed for=20
package 'RODBC'
>> >
>> > The two header files are
>> > present in my=20
box under /usr/local/include; I tried to symlink them to
>> >=20
/usr/include and to /usr/local/lib/R/include to no avail.
>> >
>> >=20
Please help.
>> >
>> > Vittorio
>
>______________________________________________
>R-help@stat.math.ethz.
ch mailing list
>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>PLEASE=20
do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>





Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?18975192.1131545939684.JavaMail.root>