Failure to install jaspSyntax in Ubuntu 24.04

[JeffreyRStevens]

I'm trying to install the JASP packages in R to run a Bayesian multinomial test directly in R. I've installed jaspBase and jaspFrequencies using devtools::install_github. However, when I try to use jaspFrequencies::MultinomialTestBayesian(), I receive the error Error in loadNamespace(x) : there is no package called ‘jaspSyntax’. When I try to install jaspSyntax with devtools::install_github, I get this error with the full output below:

g++: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-arch’
g++: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mmacosx-version-min=12.5’
make: *** [/usr/lib/R/etc/Makeconf:211: RcppExports.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘jaspSyntax’

Is there any way to install and run this directly in R?
I'm using Ubuntu 24.04.02, R 4.5.0, and RStudio 2025.05.0 Build 496.

devtools::install_github("jasp-stats/jaspSyntax")
Using github PAT from envvar GITHUB_PAT. Use `gitcreds::gitcreds_set()` and unset GITHUB_PAT in .Renviron (or elsewhere) if you want to use the more secure git credential store instead.
Downloading GitHub repo jasp-stats/jaspSyntax@HEAD
── R CMD build ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
✔  checking for file ‘/tmp/Rtmp3lJT3J/remotes441837059f75f/jasp-stats-jaspSyntax-e8555e2/DESCRIPTION’ ...
─  preparing ‘jaspSyntax’:
✔  checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ...
─  cleaning src
─  checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts
─  checking for empty or unneeded directories
─  building ‘jaspSyntax_1.0.tar.gz’
   
Installing package into ‘/home/**********/R/library’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
* installing *source* package ‘jaspSyntax’ ...
** this is package ‘jaspSyntax’ version ‘1.0’
** using staged installation
Found R_HOME: /usr/lib/R
Use default QT_DIR: /home/**********/Qt/6.8.2/macos
./configure: 19: [[: not found
./configure: 24: [[: not found
./configure: 29: [[: not found
JASP_BUILD_DIR: 
JASP_SOURCE_DIR: 
JASP_DEBUG: 
./configure: 40: [[: not found
OS_ARCH: 
** libs
using C++ compiler: ‘g++ (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0’
using C++20
g++ -std=gnu++20 -I"/usr/share/R/include" -DNDEBUG  -I'/usr/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include'    -O2 -arch  -mmacosx-version-min=12.5 -std=gnu++17 -MD -MT -DQT_DIR=/home/**********/Qt/6.8.2/macos -I/SyntaxInterface -fpic  -g -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer -ffile-prefix-map=/build/r-base-wwoKA3/r-base-4.5.1=. -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fcf-protection -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/r-base-wwoKA3/r-base-4.5.1=/usr/src/r-base-4.5.1-1.2404.0 -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3   -c RcppExports.cpp -o RcppExports.o
g++: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-arch’
g++: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mmacosx-version-min=12.5’
make: *** [/usr/lib/R/etc/Makeconf:211: RcppExports.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘jaspSyntax’
* removing ‘/home/**********/R/library/jaspSyntax’
Warning message:
In i.p(...) :
  installation of package ‘/tmp/Rtmp3lJT3J/file4418379ebe2dc/jaspSyntax_1.0.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit status

[boutinb]

Hi @JeffreyRStevens, the jaspSyntax is not yet ready for external use. It's already impressive you went so far!
Our goal is to allow the use of our jasp R packages directly in a R environment, and we are nearly ready for this: we have already running prototypes, but it still needs some extra work to be really usable.
We are about to release 0.95.0 version at the end of this month, and hopefully we will include this feature in the release afterwards (fall 2025).
I'm afraid you have to wait a little bit.

[JeffreyRStevens]

Hi @boutinb, many thanks for letting me know. And I'm happy to hear that you are building the JASP packages for use in R! I look forward to the public release.

[JeffreyRStevens]

@boutinb, if you need any beta testers for running JASP directly in R, let me know.