R compilation failed for package fst

Question

I'm trying to install fst R package from CRAN but I get error:

gcc -I"/path/apps/R/3.5.1-20180807-test/x86_64-linux-2.6-rhel6/lib64/R/include" -DNDEBUG 
-fopenmp -I. -Ifstcore -Ifstcore_v1 -Ifstcore/LZ4 -Ifstcore/ZSTD -Ifstcore/ZSTD/common 
-Ifstcore/ZSTD/decompress -Ifstcore/ZSTD/compress 
-I"/path/apps/R/3.5.1-20180807-test/x86_64-linux-2.6-rhel6/r_libs_site/Rcpp/include" 
-I /path/apps/R/static-zlib-gcc6.3/x86_64-linux-2.6-rhel6/include   -fpic  
-I /path/apps/R/static-zlib-gcc6.3/x86_64-linux-2.6-rhel6/include   
-c fstcore/ZSTD/compress/huf_compress.c -o fstcore/ZSTD/compress/huf_compress.o
gcc -I"/path/apps/R/3.5.1-20180807-test/x86_64-linux-2.6-rhel6/lib64/R/include" -DNDEBUG 
-fopenmp -I. -Ifstcore -Ifstcore_v1 -Ifstcore/LZ4 -Ifstcore/ZSTD -Ifstcore/ZSTD/common 
-Ifstcore/ZSTD/decompress -Ifstcore/ZSTD/compress 
-I"/path/apps/R/3.5.1-20180807-test/x86_64-linux-2.6-rhel6/r_libs_site/Rcpp/include" 
-I /path/apps/R/static-zlib-gcc6.3/x86_64-linux-2.6-rhel6/include   -fpic  
-I /path/apps/R/static-zlib-gcc6.3/x86_64-linux-2.6-rhel6/include   
-c fstcore/ZSTD/decompress/zstd_decompress.c -o fstcore/ZSTD/decompress/zstd_decompress.o
/tmp/cc0LoSFX.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/cc0LoSFX.s:7353: Error: no such instruction: `shlx %rax,%rdx,%rax'
/tmp/cc0LoSFX.s:8204: Error: no such instruction: `shlx %rax,%rdx,%rax'
/tmp/cc0LoSFX.s:8608: Error: no such instruction: `shlx %rax,%rdx,%rax'
make: *** [fstcore/ZSTD/decompress/zstd_decompress.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘fst’

I there any required linux library that can be compiled from source? What else I can do?

EDIT:

$ gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/path/apps/gcc/6.3.0/x86_64-linux-2.6-rhel6/bin/../libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/6.3.0/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: ./configure --prefix=/path/apps/gcc/6.3.0/x86_64-linux-2.6-rhel6 --disable-multilib
Thread model: posix
gcc version 6.3.0 (GCC)

Answer 1

Putting this here for posterity in case others eventually land on this question when facing similar issues.

It turns out that as far as we can tell, the problem was incompatible versions of the assembler (/usr/bin/as) and gcc (our non-system 6.3.0 installation).

So if you landed here at the end of your rope with no idea why you're seeing these errors, looking into getting a compatible version of the assembler (in linux world this is part of the binutils module/project). Hope that helps.