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problem with rgl package

7 messages · Erin Hodgess, Duncan Murdoch, Barry Rowlingson +2 more

Erin Hodgess
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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:
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.
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.
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
Has anyone run into this, please?  What are the solutions, please?

thanks,
Erin
Duncan Murdoch
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On 05/05/2009 5:55 AM, Erin Hodgess wrote:
Sounds as though you don't have the development libraries for X11, or 
perhaps the rgl configure script isn't finding them.  Do you have 
libx11-dev installed?

Duncan Murdoch
Barry Rowlingson
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On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com> wrote:
[....]
R will have X11 capabilities if you have the X11 _binary_ library
installed. To compile a package from source that needs to link with
the X11 library you need the development headers. They come in another
package.

 From the command line, do:

 sudo apt-get install libx11-dev

and that should pull them from the Ubuntu repository. You'll need the
root password for this.

 It's possible you may need some other development headers once you
get past the X11 problem!

Barry
Erin Hodgess
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I also needed libglu1-mesa-dev, but now all is well.

thanks for the help!
Sincerely,
Erin


On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Barry Rowlingson
<b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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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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Dear Erin,

        
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com> wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
I had the same problem a few days ago, and followed the
recommendations of this message:

http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e6/help/09/03/9250.html

which fixed it for me.

HTH,
Jay







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On 5 May 2009 at 05:15, Erin Hodgess wrote:

        
| I also needed libglu1-mesa-dev, but now all is well.

a) You still haven't explained why you need to rebuild it when 
       sudo apt-get install r-cran-rgl
   gets you a binary
   
b) Yes, as 
       sudo apt-get build-dep r-cran-rgl
   would have found out for you.

We do _a lot of work_ for R on Debian/Ubuntu. Use it, you even have a
money-back guarantee. And ...

c) This rgl header business has been discussed at least a hundred times on
   the R-help list. Use RSiteSearch()

Dirk