"No F77 compiler found" when installing r

[wangguansong]

When installing r, it exited with a configure error "No F77 Compiler found".
I thought gcc covers f77. Anyway, is there an available package for this in crew?

[jam7]

#662 adds gfortran also. I could compile r with it. Please apply #662 by hand or wait until the merge.

[jam7]

#662 is merged. so, I think you can compile R now. Please close this issue if it works. Thanks.

[wangguansong]

I tried again, it passed f77 checking, while stopped at zlib:

checking if zlib version >= 1.2.5... no
checking whether zlib support suffices... configure: error: zlib library and headers are required
r failed to install: ./configure --with-x=no exited with 1

[jam7]

you can install zlib by typing crew install zlibpkg. you will need pcre package also.

[wangguansong]

I added zlibpkg, which is already installed, and pcre. Then I tried again and got the same error.

[jam7]

Ya. R-3.3.2 has a problem in the way to recognize zlib version. It is fixed in R-3.4.0. So, apply #683 first please.

[wangguansong]

Success! Thanks!