hi Uwe, thanks for your response. I ran the following as per the instructions on the Cairo website: sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev following which I tried to install FastRWeb again (hopefully I have not missed any steps in between)....can you pls. tell me how I can fix this error.. > install.packages("FastRWeb",dep=TRUE) Installing package(s) into /home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12 (as lib is unspecified) also installing the dependency Cairo trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/Cairo_1.5-0.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 81214 bytes (79 Kb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 79 Kb trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/FastRWeb_1.0-0.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 71072 bytes (69 Kb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 69 Kb * installing *source* package Cairo ... checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for string.h... (cached) yes checking sys/time.h usability... yes checking sys/time.h presence... yes checking for sys/time.h... yes checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking whether pkg-config knows about cairo... yes checking for configurable backends... cairo cairo-ft cairo-pdf cairo-png cairo-ps cairo-xlib cairo-xlib-xrender configure: CAIRO_CFLAGS=-pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 checking if R was compiled with the RConn patch... no checking cairo.h usability... yes checking cairo.h presence... yes checking for cairo.h... yes checking for PNG support in Cairo... yes checking for ATS font support in Cairo... no configure: CAIRO_LIBS=-L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -lfreetype -lpng12 -lz -lXrender -lcairo -lX11 checking for library containing deflate... none required checking whether Cairo programs can be compiled... yes checking whether cairo_image_surface_get_format is declared... no checking for FreeType support in cairo... yes checking whether FreeType needs additional flags... no checking wheter libjpeg works... yes checking wheter libtiff works... no configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating src/Makevars config.status: creating src/cconfig.h ** libs gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c cairobem.c -o cairobem.o gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c cairogd.c -o cairogd.o gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c cairotalk.c -o cairotalk.o gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c img-backend.c -o img-backend.o gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c img-jpeg.c -o img-jpeg.o gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c img-tiff.c -o img-tiff.o gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c pdf-backend.c -o pdf-backend.o gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c ps-backend.c -o ps-backend.o gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c svg-backend.c -o svg-backend.o gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c w32-backend.c -o w32-backend.o gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I. -Iinclude -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -c xlib-backend.c -o xlib-backend.o xlib-backend.c:34:74: fatal error: X11/Intrinsic.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make: *** [xlib-backend.o] Error 1 ERROR: compilation failed for package Cairo * removing /home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/Cairo ERROR: dependency Cairo is not available for package FastRWeb * removing /home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/FastRWeb The downloaded packages are in /tmp/RtmpFnOoDw/downloaded_packages Warning messages: 1: In install.packages("FastRWeb", dep = TRUE) : installation of package 'Cairo' had non-zero exit status 2: In install.packages("FastRWeb", dep = TRUE) : installation of package 'FastRWeb' had non-zero exit status > Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:32:13 +0200 > From: lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de > To: fin_e...@hotmail.com > CC: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] installing FastRWeb > > Please do read the output, it tells you: > > Please install cairo (http://www.cairographics.org/) and/or set > CAIRO_CFLAGS/LIBS correspondingly. > > And that is exactly what you need to do, it cannot be solved by > installing R packages.... > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > > On 29.10.2011 18:24, financial engineer wrote: > > > > hi, > > > > I am working on Ubuntu and tried to install FastRWeb, but am getting the > > following error for installation of cairo.h. > > > > install.packages("FastRWeb",dep=TRUE) > > Installing package(s) into /home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12 > > (as lib is unspecified) > > also installing the dependency Cairo > > > > trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/Cairo_1.5-0.tar.gz' > > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 81214 bytes (79 Kb) > > opened URL > > ================================================== > > downloaded 79 Kb > > > > trying URL > > 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/FastRWeb_1.0-0.tar.gz' > > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 71072 bytes (69 Kb) > > opened URL > > ================================================== > > downloaded 69 Kb > > > > * installing *source* package Cairo ... > > checking for gcc... gcc > > checking whether the C compiler works... yes > > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out > > checking for suffix of executables... > > checking whether we are cross compiling... no > > checking for suffix of object files... o > > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes > > checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes > > checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed > > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E > > checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep > > checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E > > checking for ANSI C header files... yes > > checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes > > checking for sys/types.h... yes > > checking for sys/stat.h... yes > > checking for stdlib.h... yes > > checking for string.h... yes > > checking for memory.h... yes > > checking for strings.h... yes > > checking for inttypes.h... yes > > checking for stdint.h... yes > > checking for unistd.h... yes > > checking for string.h... (cached) yes > > checking sys/time.h usability... yes > > checking sys/time.h presence... yes > > checking for sys/time.h... yes > > checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes > > checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes > > checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config > > checking whether pkg-config knows about cairo... no > > configure: CAIRO_LIBS is unset, attempting to guess it. > > configure: CAIRO_CFLAGS= > > checking if R was compiled with the RConn patch... no > > checking cairo.h usability... no > > checking cairo.h presence... no > > checking for cairo.h... no > > configure: error: Cannot find cairo.h! Please install cairo > > (http://www.cairographics.org/) and/or set CAIRO_CFLAGS/LIBS > > correspondingly. > > ERROR: configuration failed for package Cairo > > * removing /home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/Cairo > > ERROR: dependency Cairo is not available for package FastRWeb > > * removing /home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/FastRWeb > > > > The downloaded packages are in > > /tmp/Rtmpla4fs8/downloaded_packages > > Warning messages: > > 1: In install.packages("FastRWeb", dep = TRUE) : > > installation of package 'Cairo' had non-zero exit status > > 2: In install.packages("FastRWeb", dep = TRUE) : > > installation of package 'FastRWeb' had non-zero exit status > > > > so, I tried to install Cairo, but I get the following error: > > > > install.packages("Cairo") > > Installing package(s) into /home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12 > > (as lib is unspecified) > > trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/Cairo_1.5-0.tar.gz' > > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 81214 bytes (79 Kb) > > opened URL > > ================================================== > > downloaded 79 Kb > > > > * installing *source* package Cairo ... > > checking for gcc... gcc > > checking whether the C compiler works... yes > > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out > > checking for suffix of executables... > > checking whether we are cross compiling... no > > checking for suffix of object files... o > > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes > > checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes > > checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed > > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E > > checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep > > checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E > > checking for ANSI C header files... yes > > checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes > > checking for sys/types.h... yes > > checking for sys/stat.h... yes > > checking for stdlib.h... yes > > checking for string.h... yes > > checking for memory.h... yes > > checking for strings.h... yes > > checking for inttypes.h... yes > > checking for stdint.h... yes > > checking for unistd.h... yes > > checking for string.h... (cached) yes > > checking sys/time.h usability... yes > > checking sys/time.h presence... yes > > checking for sys/time.h... yes > > checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes > > checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes > > checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config > > checking whether pkg-config knows about cairo... no > > configure: CAIRO_LIBS is unset, attempting to guess it. > > configure: CAIRO_CFLAGS= > > checking if R was compiled with the RConn patch... no > > checking cairo.h usability... no > > checking cairo.h presence... no > > checking for cairo.h... no > > configure: error: Cannot find cairo.h! Please install cairo > > (http://www.cairographics.org/) and/or set CAIRO_CFLAGS/LIBS > > correspondingly. > > ERROR: configuration failed for package Cairo > > * removing /home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/Cairo > > > > The downloaded packages are in > > /tmp/Rtmpla4fs8/downloaded_packages > > Warning message: > > In install.packages("Cairo") : > > installation of package 'Cairo' had non-zero exit status > > > > Can you pls. let me know how I can fix this.....thx! > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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