[R] Installing Package rgl - Compilation Fails - FreeBSD

[Prof Brian Ripley]

The problem is that rgl is apparently written for GNU make, and has (as 
shipped)

ifdef MAKINGAGL
PKG_CPPFLAGS=@AGLCPPFLAGS@ -Iext
PKG_LIBS=@AGLLIBS@
else
PKG_CPPFLAGS= -If:/R/R-2.4.1/src/extra/zlib -DHAVE_PNG_H 
-If:/R/R-2.4.1/src/gnuwin32/bitmap/libpng  -Iext
PKG_LIBS=-lgdi32 -lopengl32 -lglu32 
-Lf:/R/R-2.4.1/src/gnuwin32/bitmap/libpng -
lpng -Lf:/R/R-2.4.1/src/extra/zlib -lz
endif

and similar for BUILDAGL.

That seems to have been written to make it workable on MacOS X. Given that 
configure knows (or could know) the OS, it seems better to write (via 
configure) a separate Makevars for MacOS X and remove all the 
ifdef...endif stuff for everyone else.  (If you do that in Makevars.in it 
should work.)


On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Rainer Hurling wrote:

> Duncan Murdoch schrieb:
>> On 2/20/2007 1:11 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>>> Hi Duncan,
>>> I don't know if this will list all the dependencies for your documentation, since Rick's error messages did not involve libraries and header files already installed by him for something else, perhaps.
>>
>> No, but it's a start:  I'm thinking of something more like a FAQ than
>> comprehensive documentation.  Comprehensive docs are not feasible to
>> maintain (there are so many systems that Daniel and I don't use), but
>> hints that two non-standard packages solved one person's problems might
>> be enough of a hint to get someone else going.
>
> Duncan,
>
> thank you for this purpose. I am such a person who could need some help
> with installing rgl and hope it is ok to place it in this thread.
>
> My trial to install rgl_0.70.tar.gz on R-2.4.1 on FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT
> ends up with errors. Obiously something is wrong with Makevars. I have
> no idea what to do next. 'rgl' is one of the rare cases that do not
> install under R on FreeBSD.
>
> The install messages are short:
>
> -----
> #R CMD INSTALL rgl_0.70.tar.gz
> * Installing to library '/usr/local/lib/R/library'
> * Installing *source* package 'rgl' ...
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
> checking for libpng-config... yes
> configure: using libpng-config
> configure: using libpng dynamic linkage
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating src/Makevars
> ** libs
> "Makevars", line 9: Need an operator
> "Makevars", line 12: Need an operator
> "Makevars", line 15: Need an operator
> "Makevars", line 21: Need an operator
> "Makevars", line 23: Need an operator
> "Makevars", line 36: Need an operator
> "Makevars", line 38: Need an operator
> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
> chmod: /usr/local/lib/R/library/rgl/libs/*: No such file or directory
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'rgl'
> ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/library/rgl'
> -----
>
> Are there any experiences with installing rgl on FreeBSD? Do you know if
> it is at all possible to get rgl to work on FreeBSD? If I can do
> anything like testing or giving more information let me know.
>
> I appreciate any help. Thank you in advance.
>
> Rainer Hurling
>
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