R Rcpp install error in R 3.1.0 - r

Question

I want to install Rcpp using install.packages("Rcpp"), but it failed.
The error message:
* installing *source* package ‘Rcpp’ ...
** package ‘Rcpp’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** libs
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c Date.cpp -o Date.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c Module.cpp -o Module.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c Rcpp_init.cpp -o Rcpp_init.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c api.cpp -o api.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c attributes.cpp -o attributes.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c barrier.cpp -o barrier.o
g++ -shared -L/usr/local/lib64 -o Rcpp.so Date.o Module.o Rcpp_init.o api.o attributes.o barrier.o
installing to /home/sethbrin/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.1/Rcpp/libs
** R
** inst
** preparing package for lazy loading
** help
*** installing help indices
** building package indices
** installing vignettes
** testing if installed package can be loaded
Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
unable to load shared object '/home/sethbrin/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.1/Rcpp/libs/Rcpp.so':
/home/sethbrin/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.1/Rcpp/libs/Rcpp.so: undefined symbol: _ZNSt15basic_streambufIcSt11char_traitsIcEE7seekoffExSt12_Ios_SeekdirSt13_Ios_Openmode
Error: loading failed
Execution halted
ERROR: loading failed
* removing ‘/home/sethbrin/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.1/Rcpp’
The downloaded source packages are in
‘/tmp/Rtmp6PKB8N/downloaded_packages’
Warning message:
In install.packages("Rcpp") :
installation of package ‘Rcpp’ had non-zero exit status
Then I use
c++fit _ZNSt15basic_streambufIcSt11char_traitsIcEE7seekoffExSt12_Ios_SeekdirSt13_Ios_Openmode
std::basic_streambuf<char, std::char_traits<char> >::seekoff(long long, std::_Ios_Seekdir, std::_Ios_Openmode)
I have searched for some solutions for that. It seems that it is because of the gcc version. But I don't know how to change the gcc version that R uses to compile Rcpp package.

Answer 1

CRAN tests Rcpp just like any other of the (by now) 6700+ package.
You can see the aggregate test report and the test setups includes two Fedora-based machines:
one fedora setup using clang and
one fedora setup using g++.
As such your problems are possibly local, or simply due to using an older setup. In which case the Archive section gives you access to an older version.

Answer 2

I've encountered a similar problem.
And after some searches, here are the solutions to alter the compiler:
1. If you have the root privilege:
I found that the Makeconf file in R directory actually sets all the information that is needed for compilation.
To find the path to it, echo which R in the command line.
e.g. I got like:
/data/apps/R/3.1.2/bin/R
And then the file is in:
/data/apps/R/3.1.2/lib64/R/etc/Makeconf
then sudo edit the file on line CC = XXX and maybe more relative lines.
Problem solved!
2. If you only have local user privilege.
Add your own configurations to ~/.R/Makevars
However, #Dirk is probably right.
For me, I finally solved my problem by adding -Doff_t=__off_t to CFLAGS (My problem was error: unknown type name 'off_t'). And I got the halted error when I manually altered parts of the compilers...