[R] X11 not configured on linux RedHat 9

[M.Kondrin]

Justin Fay wrote:
> I'm using Linux version 2.4.20-8smp (gcc version 3.2.2, RedHat 9). I 
> installed R-1.7.1-1.src.rpm following INSTALL. However, no X11 device is 
> found when I run R.
>  > X11()
> Error in X11() : X11 is not available
> 
> In the configuration, I found "checking for X... no"
> 
> How do I configure so that X11 device capability is installed?

"checking for X... no" - generally means that configure script can not 
find X11 headers files. In most cases this problem is fixed by 
installing X11-devel package and running configure again. Or use 
precompiled packages.