Thanks Dirk, it worked like a charm :)
Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > On 8 February 2009 at 12:14, Paul Heinrich Dietrich wrote: > | Hi Dirk, > | Sorry, I'm not trying to drag out the installation process here, but > just > | trying to get it to work right in Linux. > | > | > | Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > | > > | > What is wrong with > | > > | > $ sudo apt-get install r-cran-rgl > | > > | > | I tried this suggestion, and here was the terminal output: > | > | r-cran-rgl is already the newest version. > | r-cran-rgl set to manually installed. > | 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > Good. You were supposed to stop here :) > > | So, just to double-check, I went into R as sudo, entered > update.packages(), > | and got this: > | > | rgl : > | Version 0.76 installed in /usr/lib/R/site-library > | Version 0.82 available at http://streaming.stat.iastate.edu/CRAN > > You are confusing > > a) having a _pre-compiled binary_ installed (0.76) > ===> this implies only libraries for running this > > b) having the ability to _locally compile_ > ===> this requires matching header files etc provided by the -dev > packages. > > And a) != b). We provide a) because b) is harder as you discover below. > > Unless you are reasonably experienced with your Linux distro of choice it > is > somewhat difficult to build certain packages, especially when they have > hardware dependencies. > > Which is _precisely_ why we provide the binaries. > > Now, a good compromise is to look at the _source of pre-built package_ as > this contains the Debian/Ubuntu-specific knowledge that the generic source > does not have. In particular: > > Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.0), r-base-dev (>= 2.8.1), cdbs, > libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev | libglu-dev, libpng12-dev, > libx11-dev, libxt-dev, x11proto-core-dev > > leading to install > > libgl1-mesa-dev or libgl-dev > libglu1-mesa-dev or libglu-dev > libpng12-dev > libx11-dev > libxt-dev > x11proto-core-dev > > after which your local build will probably succeed. > > There is nice way to semi-automate this, and we need to document it > better. It is somewhat more advanced though. > > Hth, Dirk > > | ...and later this... > | > | * 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... no > | checking libpng... 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/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 png.h usability... no > | checking png.h presence... no > | checking for png.h... no > | checking for png_read_update_info in -lpng... no > | configure: libpng header and lib found > | 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/lib/R/site-library/rgl' > | ** Restoring previous '/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl' > | > | The downloaded packages are in > | /tmp/RtmpIW4d37/downloaded_packages > | Warning message: > | In install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = > | contriburl, : > | installation of package 'rgl' had non-zero exit status > | > | > | > | > | -- > | View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/installing-R-on-Ubuntu-tp10025949p21902802.html > | Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > | > | ______________________________________________ > | 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. > > -- > Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/installing-R-on-Ubuntu-tp10025949p21904127.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.
