[R] rgl install on rhel4 x86_64

[Smith, Troy (NIH/NCI) [C]]

Thanks.  I did successfully install Friday afternoon using the configure script from version 0.68, however the library would not load, so I removed the package.  I will attempt to build a new configure script using autoconf on Monday morning.  Thanks much for your feedback, I really appreciate it.  

Troy




-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca]
Sent: Fri 5/4/2007 7:00 PM
To: Smith, Troy (NIH/NCI) [C]
Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] rgl install on rhel4 x86_64
 
On 04/05/2007 3:43 PM, Smith, Troy (NIH/NCI) [C] wrote:
> I'm trying to install rgl 0.71 on a redhat enterprise 4, x86_64.  I have
> tried using R 2.2.1, 2.3.1, and 2.5.0.  I have successfully installed
> this version of rgl, using R 2.2.1 on an rhel4 i386 host.  On the x86_64
> host, I receive the following configuration error:

I don't think I can help much:  I know very little about configure et 
al.  A few suggestions:

  - look in config.log to see a few more details
  - run autoconf on your system to build a new configure script from the 
configure.ac input.
  - ask Redhat for help
  - try previous versions of the configure script (available from the 
svn server; see rgl.neoscientists.org for details).  There have been a 
lot of changes to it lately to try to get it to work on systems I have 
access to; unfortunately yours isn't one of them.  Perhaps a previous 
iteration would have worked for you.  If you can figure out what's 
wrong, please let me know, and if it doesn't break other systems, it 
might make it into 0.72.

Duncan Murdoch
> 
>  
> 
> checking GL/gl.h usability... no
> 
> checking GL/gl.h presence... yes
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/gl.h: present but cannot be compiled
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/gl.h:     check for missing prerequisite headers?
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/gl.h: see the Autoconf documentation
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/gl.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be
> Compiled"
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/gl.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/gl.h: in the future, the compiler will take
> precedence
> 
> configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------------ ##
> 
> configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists.  ##
> 
> configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------------ ##
> 
> checking for GL/gl.h... yes
> 
> checking GL/glu.h usability... no
> 
> checking GL/glu.h presence... yes
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/glu.h: present but cannot be compiled
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/glu.h:     check for missing prerequisite
> headers?
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/glu.h: see the Autoconf documentation
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/glu.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be
> Compiled"
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/glu.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
> 
> configure: WARNING: GL/glu.h: in the future, the compiler will take
> precedence
> 
> configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------------ ##
> 
> configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists.  ##
> 
> configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------------ ##
> 
> checking for GL/glu.h... yes
> 
> checking for glEnd in -lGL... no
> 
> configure: error: missing required library GL
> 
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
> 
> ** Removing '/usr/local/R-2.3.1/library/rgl'
> 
>  
> 
> I have verifed libraries are in the correct locations.  Both hosts were
> built using an <almost> identical kickstart configuration file, the only
> difference being the installation of 64 bit versions of packages on the
> x86_64 hosts (i386 versions of many packages are installed on the x86_64
> host also).  The x86_64 host has slightly newer versions of some
> packages, as it is ahead of the i386 host in our patch rotation.  The
> OpenGL libraries are installed with 
> 
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL, xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU, xorg-x11-devel.  Freeglut and
> freeglut-devel are also installed.  I have tried pointing the
> installation in various directions for headers and libraries.
> 
>  
> 
> I apologize if I've missed any important/necessary information, and will
> provide any additional info required.  Any and all assistance is greatly
> appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
>  
> 
> Troy 
> National Cancer Insitute Center for Bioinformatics
> 
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