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R Compilation Parameters

Asked by Laurence Mayer

Hello,
Is there a way to know what compilation parameters were used to compile the R package
that is available via apt-get?

I am specifically looking for the output of the ./configure, as would be when I run ./configure
to compile R locally.

e.g:
./configure
  Source directory: .
  Installation directory: /usr/local

  C compiler: gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2
  Fortran 77 compiler: gfortran -g -O2

  C++ compiler: g++ -g -O2
  Fortran 90/95 compiler: gfortran -g -O2
  Obj-C compiler:

  Interfaces supported: X11, tcltk
  External libraries: readline
  Additional capabilities: iconv, MBCS, NLS
  Options enabled: shared BLAS, R profiling, Java

  Recommended packages: yes

Thanks
Laurence

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John Haitas (jhaitas) said : 		#1

Laurence,

Have you tried the following command?

$ apt-get source r-base

This will retrieve the exact source used to build the R

You can learn how to build it through on the following guide https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide

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Laurence Mayer (laurence-istraresearch) said : 		#2

Thanks, but this does not give me the parameters used when it was compiled for apt-get.

Surely this should be recorded somewhere?

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John Haitas (jhaitas) said : 		#3

When a package is built for apt-get, the information you are looking for will be in the debian/ directory.

Packaging software for Debian (Ubuntu is based on Debian) involves a level of abstraction that allows the package to be installed on diverse configurations. So building the package is a somewhat different process than the traditional './configure; make; make test; sudo make install' process you seem to already be familiar with.

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