[R] problem with rgl package

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 5 May 2009 at 04:55, Erin Hodgess wrote:
| Dear R People:
| 
| Here is something strange.  I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 with R 2.9.0.
| 
| I need to have the rgl package.  Here are my results from installing:

So run

   sudo apt-get install r-cran-rgl

to install the pre-build binary.  If you must or want to build it yourself,
use the packaging system to get the build-dependencies installed:

   sudo apt-get build-dep r-cran-rgl


| > install.packages("rgl")
| Warning in install.packages("rgl") :
|   argument 'lib' is missing: using '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library'
| --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
| Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
| trying URL 'http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/src/contrib/rgl_0.84.tar.gz'
| Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1670659 bytes (1.6 Mb)
| opened URL
| ==================================================
| downloaded 1.6 Mb
| 
| * Installing *source* package 'rgl' ...
| checking for gcc... gcc -std=gnu99
| checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
| checking whether the C compiler works... yes
| checking whether we are cross compiling... no
| checking for suffix of executables...
| checking for suffix of object files... o
| checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
| checking whether gcc -std=gnu99 accepts -g... yes
| checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to accept ISO C89... none needed
| checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu99 -E
| checking for gcc... (cached) gcc -std=gnu99
| checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
| checking whether gcc -std=gnu99 accepts -g... (cached) yes
| checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
| checking for libpng-config... yes
| configure: using libpng-config
| configure: using libpng dynamic linkage
| checking for X... no
| configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted.

You don't have X11 headers. Run the second command above if you really want
to build the package.

| ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
| ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rgl'
| 
| The downloaded packages are in
| 	/tmp/RtmpiJh20a/downloaded_packages
| Warning message:
| In install.packages("rgl") :
|   installation of package 'rgl' had non-zero exit status
| 
| So presumably there is not an X11.  But when I put in "capabilities",
| it seems to be there.
| 
| > capabilities()
|     jpeg      png     tiff    tcltk      X11     aqua http/ftp  sockets
|     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE     TRUE     TRUE
|   libxml     fifo   cledit    iconv      NLS  profmem    cairo
|     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
| >

That means you are using an R binary capable of _running_ under X11. This
says nothing about compiling.

| Has anyone run into this, please?  What are the solutions, please?

As (almost) always: get the proper -dev packages for headers and libs.

Dirk

| 
| thanks,
| Erin
| 
| -- 
| Erin Hodgess
| Associate Professor
| Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
| University of Houston - Downtown
| mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
| 
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