[R] rgl installation problems

[E GCP]

Thanks for your replies. I do not HTML-ize my mail, but free email accounts 
do that and there is not a switch to turn it off.  I apologize in advance.

I installed R from the redhat package provided by Martyn Plummer. It 
installed fine and without problems. I can use R and have installed and used 
other packages within R without any problems whatsoever. I do not think the 
problem is with R or its installation.   I do think there is a problem with 
the installation of rgl_0.64-13.tar.gz on RedHat 9 (linux).  So, if there is 
anybody out there who has installed succesfully rgl_0.64-13.tar.gz on RedHat 
9, I would like to know how.

Thanks so much,
Enrique

>From: Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk>
>To: Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
>CC: E GCP <egcp at hotmail.com>, r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>Subject: Re: [R] rgl installation problems
>Date: 28 Jun 2004 20:05:34 +0200
>
>Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
>
>>On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, E GCP wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks for your quick replies, and excuse my naivete, but how do I fix 
>>>the
>>>problem, so the rgl package installs?
>>
>>We have no idea what is wrong on your system -- all we can tell is that
>>you have done something wrong but we were not sitting at your shoulder
>>when you did.  Perhaps you should try re-building R from scratch, paying
>>close attention to any messages?
>>
>>Meanwhile, try to follow the posting guide and not HTML-ize your mail.
>
>Another thing to try is to install Martyn's RPM (for FC1) instead of
>what is there now. Seems to get things right for me on RH8.
>
>The demo is amazingly smooth even on this ancient machine, BTW.