[R] Problem installing gnomeGUI in Ubuntu: "HAVE_ORBIT" was never defined

[fsando]

Thanks! It worked after a some trial and error:
I Installed the pmg package through R. When loading pmg it complained 
about missing gWidgets which I installed through R. Then it complained 
about missing guitoolkit I guessed that would be gWidgetsRGtk2 (turned 
out to be correct). Installation failed complaining about missing or 
wrong Gtk version. Installed the RGtk2 package through Synaptics - then 
installed gWidgetsRGtk2.
Now pmg seem to load nicely - it appears to be quite a nice and 
convenient interface.

Michael Lawrence wrote:
> If you want a GTK2-based R GUI, try the pmg package.
> 
> On 4/10/07, *fsando* <fsando at fs-analyse.dk 
> <mailto:fsando at fs-analyse.dk>> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks a lot - Yes I have gnome 2.18, that must be it.
>     So no gnomeGUI for me :(
> 
>     Michael Lawrence wrote:
>      > My guess is that you have Gnome >=2.0, while the gnomeGUI only works
>      > with the ancient Gnome 1.4, although I am not that familiar with the
>      > package.
>      >
>      > Michael
>      >
>      > On 4/9/07, * fsando* < fsando at fs-analyse.dk
>     <mailto:fsando at fs-analyse.dk>
>      > <mailto:fsando at fs-analyse.dk <mailto:fsando at fs-analyse.dk>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     I am trying to install the gnomeGUI package
>      >     I have tried from within R (R was started with: sudo R) with:
>      >     install.package()
>      >     and from console with:
>      >     sudo R CMD INSTALL /download/gnomeGUI_2.3.0-3.tar.gz
>      >     In both cases I get the exact same errors:
>      >
>      >     checking for gnome-config... no
>      >     checking for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found
>      >     configure: error: conditional "HAVE_ORBIT" was never defined.
>      >     Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally.
>      >     ERROR: configuration failed for package 'gnomeGUI'
>      >
>      >     Found the following in earlier message in R-help list:
>      >
>      >      From B R Tura
>      >     "So I think gnomeGUI not instalable in R now..."
>      >
>      >     Response from Prof Ripley:
>      >     "This is almost entirely misinformation. gnomeGUI is a
>     package on CRAN
>      >     (and has been for a couple of years), and can be installed
>     just like any
>      >     other package. Like several others, it requires R to have been
>      >     configured with --enable-R-shlib."
>      >
>      >     Any help would be much appreciated.
>      >
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