[R] Cannot install 'rgl'

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 29 October 2007 at 05:45, Metaxab wrote:
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| Hello I have the following problem:
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| I am trying to install the 'rgl' package by:
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| sudo R
| install.packages('rgl',dependencies=TRUE)
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| 
| I get the following message
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| checking for X... no
| configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted.
| ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'

Your R is broken -- no X11.  Maybe you compiled it yourself without having
the proper development packages for X11.

| ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rgl'
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| 
| 
| How can I resolve this issue
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| I run Ubuntu 7.10

Do this:

1)  a) Install either the r-base package that Ubuntu has for you (as it will
        have working X11(, or

    b) Install the 'backported' R for Ubuntu available on every CRAN mirror


2)  a) In the Ubuntu package for rgl:    
		sudo apt-get install r-cran-rgl
       or

    b) Install at least the _build-dependencies_ for it
		sudo apt-get install build-dep r-cran-rgl
       and then proceed to your manual install.


You may want to subscribe to r-sig-debian to ask Debian / Ubuntu questions there.

Dirk

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