[R] Re: [BioC] installing XML in linux

[Mahbub Latif]

Thanks a lot Prof Bates. One more thing... What Debian
packages should I install to install R packages
Rgraphviz and rhdf5?

Mahbub.

--- Douglas Bates <bates at stat.wisc.edu> wrote:
> You will need to install the Debian package
> libxml-dev before you can
> install the R XML package.
> 
> Mahbub Latif <ahmlatif at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > I was trying to install XML package in a linux
> > (dabian) machine and got the following error
> message.
> > I am not sure whether there is any error in my
> linux
> > installion. I appreciate suggestions to install
> XML
> > properly in this machine. 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > Mahbub.
> > 
> > ######Errors#### 
> > $ R CMD INSTALL -l /usr/local/lib/R/library/
> > XML_0.93-4.tar.gz 
> > * Installing *source* package 'XML' ...
> > creating cache ./config.cache
> > checking for gcc... gcc
> > checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works...
> yes
> > checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a
> > cross-compiler... no
> > checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> > checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> > checking for xml-config... no
> > checking for libxml/parser.h... no
> > checking for gnome-xml/parser.h... no
> > checking for libxml/parser.h... (cached) no
> > checking for gnome-xml/parser.h... (cached) no
> > checking for libxml/parser.h... (cached) no
> > Cannot find parser.h. Set the value of the
> environment
> > variable
> >     LIBXML_INCDIR
> > to point to where it can be found.
> > ERROR: configuration failed for package 'XML'
>