Error while compiling model using cmdstanr on a server

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Hi there, I try to use cmdstan installed on a server (unbuntu) by our IT team, and got the following error while compiling the testing model. Do you know how to resolve this issue? Thanks.

file <- file.path(cmdstan_path(), "examples", "bernoulli", "bernoulli.stan")
mod <- cmdstan_model(file)

Compiling Stan program…
/usr/bin/ld: src/cmdstan/main.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.8’ can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [/tmp/RtmpBPI4Fd/model-5f29146d428c] Error 1
Error: An error occured during compilation! See the message above for more information.

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Try adding the -fPIC flag to the compiler options and rebuilding cmdstan:

cpp_options <- list(
  "CXXFLAGS+= -fPIC"
)
cmdstan_make_local(cpp_options = cpp_options)
rebuild_cmdstan()

Then trying your model again

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Thanks a lot. Will try and let you know.

4

Sorry, it was solved right away but I forgot to reply. Thanks a gain.

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