using RSPython in MacOSX

Question

Dear all,

I am trying to install the R/SPlus - Python Interface (RSPython) on my Mac OS X 10.4.11 with R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25) and python 2.6.2 from fink.

The routine:

sudo R CMD INSTALL -c RSPython_0.7-1.tar.gz

produced this error message:

* Installing to library '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library'
* Installing *source* package 'RSPython' ...
checking for python... /sw/bin/python
Python version 2.6
Using threads
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
ERROR: configuration failed for package 'RSPython'
** Removing '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/library/RSPython'

The config.log was not created o my system.

The contact e-mail address to the author does not work anymore, so I just hope somebody here tried the same already or can give me an alternative for running R routines in python.

Best regards,

Simon

Answer 1

Try running R CMD CHECK RSPython_0.7-1.tar.gz That should produce at least produce bunch of logs in a RSPython.Rcheck folder

You might get some clues in there.

Update --- If you can get one of the other packages to work I'd recommend it. On my system (R 2.9.1 using system python (2.6) in /usr/bin/python), install works but then RSPython fails to run due to problems inside its .First.lib function. I expect you would need to hack the sources considerably to get it to work.

Answer 2

I found the rpy and rpy2 packages and going to try those as an alternative to the older RSPython.

rpy2 is includes in fink's unstable distribution ... well, and it just works fine.

Answer 3

To debug this, simply unpack the tar file yourself (tar xzvf RSPython_0.7-1.tar.gz) and run ./configure in the directory created. You should get a config.log file that you can examine.