[R] rgl installation problems

[E GCP]

Thanks for your quick replies, and excuse my naivete, but how do I fix the 
problem, so the rgl package installs?

Thanks again,
Enrique

>From: Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: [R] rgl installation problems
>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 20:14:24 +0100 (BST)
>
>Here's what should happen on RH9 (with the latest libpng and gcc in
>/usr/local/lib)
>
>g++ -shared -L/usr/local/lib -o rgl.so x11lib.o x11gui.o types.o math.o
>fps.o pixmap.o gui.o api.o device.o devicemanager.o rglview.o scene.o
>glgui.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib
>-lpng12 -lz -lm -lstdc++ -lX11 -lXext -lGL -lGLU -lpng12 -lz -lm
>
>Note that he had no --shared but did have crt1.o, that is was trying to
>build a standalone executable and not a shared object.
>
>Something is wrong with the R installation's rules to make shared
>libraries.
>
>On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:36:30 +0000, "E GCP" 
<egcp at hotmail.com> wrote :
> >
> > >Hi!
> > >
> > >I'm new to R, but have worked with Splus before. I installed 
several
> > >packages in R (R-1.9.1) without problems, but when I try to 
install rgl
> > >(rgl_0.64-13.tar.gz). I get the following, and the package 
does not install.
> > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm running R in redhat 
9.
> >
> > The missing reference R_InputHandlers is declared in the
> > $RHOME/src/include/R_ext/eventloop.h file, and I believe is 
compiled
> > into the library R_X11 (with some extension).  You don't seem to 
have
> > that in the list of libraries:
> >
> > >g++  -L/usr/local/lib -o rgl.so x11lib.o x11gui.o types.o 
math.o fps.o
> > >pixmap.o
> > >gui.o api.o device.o devicemanager.o rglview.o scene.o glgui.o
> > >-L/usr/X11R6/lib
> > >-L/usr/lib -lstdc++ -lX11 -lXext -lGL -lGLU -lpng
> > 
>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/../../../crt1.o(.text+0x18): In
> > >functio
> > >n `_start':
> > >../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S:77: undefined reference to `main'
> > >x11lib.o(.text+0x84): In function `set_R_handler':
> > >/tmp/R.INSTALL.8663/rgl/src/x11gui.h:33: undefined reference 
to
> > >`R_InputHandlers
> >
> > I don't know what you'll need to do to fix this, since I'm using
> > Windows, so none of this stuff happens there, and I could be
> > completely wrong about it.
>