[R] Installing rgl package under Ubuntu

[Peter Dalgaard]

Ivailo Stoyanov wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 13:44 +0100, Van Campenhout Bjorn wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>   
>> On my ubuntu 6.06 LTS, I pass the test (tho I do get errors later during
>> compilation).  When checking for X, it says:
>>  
>> ...
>> Checking for X... Libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers
>> ...
>>
>> I compiled R 2.4.0 from source, which also gave me some trouble when
>> checking for X.  I think I solved it by installing xserver-xorg-dev.
>> Hope this gives you some pointers
>>
>>
>> Bjorn
>>     
>
> I installed xserver-xorg-dev, but the problem persists :(
>
> Any other hints?
>   
I don't think that is the right package (xserver...dev sounds like
something  for developing X11 servers). Look for something like
xorg-x11-devel  or thereabouts. You likely also need some packages with
"GL" or "Mesa" in the name plus their "dev" versions.

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