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I am unable to install "mclust" R package on my Ubuntu 16.04.
I have a following issue:

> install.packages("mclust")



>Installing package into ‘/home/ivan/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4’

>(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)

>trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/mclust_5.4.2.tar.gz'

>Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2699941 bytes (2.6 MB)

>==================================================

>downloaded 2.6 MB



>* installing *source* package ‘mclust’ ...

>** package ‘mclust’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

>** libs

>gcc -std=gnu99 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG      -fpic  -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g  -c init.c -o init.o

>gfortran   -fpic  -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong  -c mclust.f -o mclust.o

>gfortran   -fpic  -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong  -c mclustaddson.f -o mclustaddson.o

>g++ -shared -L/usr/lib/R/lib -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -o mclust.so init.o mclust.o mclustaddson.o -llapack -lblas -lgfortran

-lm -lquadmath -lgfortran -lm -lquadmath -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR

>/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/libgfortran.a(memory.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC

>/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/libgfortran.a: error adding symbols: Bad value

>collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

>/usr/share/R/share/make/shlib.mk:6: recipe for target 'mclust.so' failed

>make: *** [mclust.so] Error 1

>ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘mclust’

>* removing ‘/home/ivan/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4/mclust’

>Warning in install.packages :

>  installation of package ‘mclust’ had non-zero exit status



>The downloaded source packages are in

>   ‘/tmp/Rtmppg0XWs/downloaded_packages’



>sessionInfo()



>R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15)

>Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)

>Running under: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS



>atrix products: default

>BLAS: /usr/lib/libblas/libblas.so.3.6.0

>LAPACK: /usr/lib/lapack/liblapack.so.3.6.0



>locale:

> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C               LC_TIME=ru_RU.UTF-8       

> [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8     LC_MONETARY=ru_RU.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8   

> [7] LC_PAPER=ru_RU.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                  LC_ADDRESS=C              

>[10] LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=ru_RU.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       



>attached base packages:

>[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     



>loaded via a namespace (and not attached):

>[1] compiler_3.4.4 tools_3.4.4    yaml_2.2.0

I have tried updating libgfortran and gcc-6 to the latest version, running apt-get update and upgrade.
Thank you in advance for your help.

Edit:
As per request of Norbert: Output of dpkg -S /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/libgfortran.a

dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/libgfortran.a

Although, folder /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/ contains a link to /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/libgfortran.a
Output for dpkg -S /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/libgfortran.a

libgfortran-5-dev:amd64: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/libgfortran.a

Edit2: Moving the /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/ to a different location results in a following error:

Installing package into ‘/home/ivan/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.5’

(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)



trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/mclust_5.4.2.tar.gz'



Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2699941 bytes (2.6 MB)



==================================================



downloaded 2.6 MB







* installing *source* package ‘mclust’ ...



** package ‘mclust’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked



** libs



gcc -std=gnu99 -I"/usr/share/R/include" -DNDEBUG      -fpic  -g -O2 

-fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time 

-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g  -c init.c -o init.o



gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1': execvp: No such file or directory



/usr/lib/R/etc/Makeconf:162: recipe for target 'init.o' failed



make: *** [init.o] Error 1



ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘mclust’



* removing ‘/home/ivan/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.5/mclust’



Warning in install.packages :



  installation of package ‘mclust’ had non-zero exit status







The downloaded source packages are in



‘/tmp/RtmpU0X2uP/downloaded_packages’

Edit3:
I have also tried to update R to 3.5.2. Error message remains the same, here is the new sessioinfo:

R version 3.5.2 (2018-12-20)

Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)

Running under: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS



Matrix products: default

BLAS: /usr/lib/libblas/libblas.so.3.6.0

LAPACK: /usr/lib/lapack/liblapack.so.3.6.0



locale:

  [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C                   LC_TIME=ru_RU.UTF-8       

 [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8     LC_MONETARY=ru_RU.UTF-8        LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8   

 [7] LC_PAPER=ru_RU.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                  LC_ADDRESS=C              

 [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=ru_RU.UTF-8  LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       



attached base packages:

[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     



loaded via a namespace (and not attached):

[1] BiocManager_1.30.4 compiler_3.5.2     tools_3.5.2        yaml_2.2.0        

Edit4: I also have a very similiar error while installing igraph package:

/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux- gnu/6/libgfortran.a(etime.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.8' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/libgfortran.a: error adding symbols: Bad value

collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

/usr/share/R/share/make/shlib.mk:6: recipe for target 'igraph.so' failed

make: *** [igraph.so] Error 1

ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘igraph’

* removing ‘/home/ivan/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.5/igraph’

Warning in install.packages :

  installation of package ‘igraph’ had non-zero exit status

Edit5: I have also tried running install.packages("mclust",lib="/home/ivan/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.5") through Rscript with sudo and it results in the same error.

So in case somebody ever encounters the same problem - I have fixed it by removing gcc, r, and build essentials packages, then reinstalling them, then reinstalling R according to R 3.5.0 for Ubuntu, answer of @krlmlr.