Pure guessing, but a frequent way to get the "have libs, still won't build" syndrome on Linux variants is not having installed the corresponding -dev or -devel package.
-pd > On 21 Nov 2019, at 19:07 , Saren Tasciyan <saren.tasci...@ist.ac.at> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to build a more recent version (3.6.1 or 3.5.3) of R on Ubuntu > 18.04 LTS. I have installed build-deps with: > > sudo apt-get build-dep r-base > > and I ran ./configure > > During "make", I get the following error: > > platform.o: In function `do_eSoftVersion': > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/platform.c:3129: undefined reference to > `u_getVersion_58' > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/platform.c:3130: undefined reference to > `u_versionToString_58' > util.o: In function `resetICUcollator': > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2025: undefined reference to > `ucol_close_58' > util.o: In function `do_ICUset': > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2103: undefined reference to > `ucol_close_58' > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2136: undefined reference to > `ucol_setStrength_58' > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2111: undefined reference to > `uloc_setDefault_58' > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2115: undefined reference to > `ucol_open_58' > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2112: undefined reference to > `uloc_setDefault_58' > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2138: undefined reference to > `ucol_setAttribute_58' > util.o: In function `do_ICUget': > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2161: undefined reference to > `ucol_getLocaleByType_58' > util.o: In function `Rf_Scollate': > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2219: undefined reference to > `uiter_setUTF8_58' > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2220: undefined reference to > `uiter_setUTF8_58' > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2222: undefined reference to > `ucol_strcollIter_58' > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2200: undefined reference to > `uloc_setDefault_58' > /home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main/util.c:2203: undefined reference to > `ucol_open_58' > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > Makefile:145: recipe for target 'R.bin' failed > make[3]: *** [R.bin] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main' > Makefile:137: recipe for target 'R' failed > make[2]: *** [R] Error 2 > make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src/main' > Makefile:28: recipe for target 'R' failed > make[1]: *** [R] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Desktop/R-3.6.1/src' > Makefile:60: recipe for target 'R' failed > make: *** [R] Error 1 > > I found some suggestiong related to libicu* libraries, but I have those libs > insalled. > > Any ideas, where this is failing? > > Best, > > SarenT > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel