(As I said, I'll try anything!) OK, so I went ahead to get the scl devtoolset, and rebuilt R 4.1.1 with the same exact gcc you used.
But- same result for me. Hung at the byte-compile step when installing that one package, no error, no messages, no logs. > -----Original Message----- > From: Henrik Bengtsson <henrik.bengts...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 9:43 PM > To: Brodie, Kent <bro...@mcw.edu> > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Package installation help: Stuck at "** byte-compile and > prepare package for lazy loading" > > ATTENTION: This email originated from a sender outside of MCW. Use caution > when clicking on links or opening attachments. > ________________________________ > > I just tried on an up-to-date CentOS 7 with R 4.1.1 built from source using > gcc > 8.3.1 (from SCL devtoolset-8; so not the default gcc 4.8.5), and it works > there. > If of any help, here's the output when installing to user's personal package > library: > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.