I posted this on another forum, but got no response. so I am trying to get some "local" help and please forgive my double posting.


I flowed the solution and used CC=mpicc
(http://www.mail-archive.com/r-help@s.../msg94158.html)

greenlinux4r@greenlinux4r-desktop:~/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.7$ CC=mpicc R CMD INSTALL --clean Rmpi_0.5-4.tar.gz
* Installing to library '/home/greenlinux4r/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.7'
* Installing *source* package 'Rmpi' ...
checking for gcc... mpicc
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 'Rmpi'
** Removing '/home/greenlinux4r/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.7/Rmpi'
** Restoring previous '/home/greenlinux4r/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.7/Rmpi'

any help and comments will be appreciated.