Might it be an issue with your Makevars file? As far as I can tell, by default, OS X sets clang as the C compiler. If you installed gcc separately, then you have to tell R to use it in ~/.R/Makevars
Here's an example of my Makevars file so that I can run C code with openmp: https://gist.github.com/zkamvar/9a7c4b8251a0a662f214 Zhian > On Nov 19, 2015, at 09:28 , Daniel Marcelino <dmarcel...@live.com> wrote: > > Yes, I do use homebrew for installing almost everything. > > I ended up solving the issue with $ brew link readline --forc > e > > Daniel > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: >> Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> On 19/11/2015 9:05 AM, Daniel Marcelino wrote: >>>> Hi, I'm having this error when building C functions from a package: >>>> >>>> clang: error: no such file or directory: '/usr/local/lib/libreadline.a' >>>> >>>> Apparently, it's a path issue caused by xcode/gfortran, but I couldn't >>>> figure out how to solve it. >>>> "which gcc" points to "/usr/bin/gcc" >>>> Does someone have any idea on how on this? >>> >>> You didn't say what system you're on, but the message is coming from >>> clang, not gcc, so it looks like OSX, and "which gcc" is irrelevant. >>> If so, you probably want to ask on the R-sig-mac group. If not, give >>> more details. >> >> Also: did you use the official R installer or installed it using homebrew? >> >> The path looks very much like homebrew. If yes, try installing readline >> From homebrew. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rainer >> >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel >> >> -- >> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, >> UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) >> >> Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology >> Stellenbosch University >> South Africa >> >> Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 >> Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 >> Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 >> >> Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 >> >> email: rai...@krugs.de >> >> Skype: RMkrug >> >> PGP: 0x0F52F982 > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
