[R] installing FastRWeb

Sat Oct 29 19:56:55 CEST 2011

On 29.10.2011 19:48, financial engineer wrote:
>
> I understand... can you please tell me where I can locate those to be able to install them. I am not familiar with X11.

Depends on the OS, if this is Ubuntu, probably in libxt-dev

So go ahead with

apt-get install libxt-dev

and please do not bother the list with basic sysadmin questions anymore, 
but ask for local advice on how to set up your system.

Best,
Uwe Ligges

>
>> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:46:16 +0200
>> From: ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
>> To: fin_engr at hotmail.com
>> CC: r-help at r-project.org
>> Subject: Re: [R] installing FastRWeb
>>
>> A missing X11/Intrinsic.h: suggests you also have to install some X11
>> header files that are still missing ...
>>
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 29.10.2011 19:44, financial engineer wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> hi Uwe,
>>>
>>> thanks for your response.
>>>
>>> I ran the following as per the instructions on the Cairo website:
>>>
>>>
>>> sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev
>>>
>>> following which I tried to install FastRWeb again (hopefully I have not missed any steps in between)....can you pls. tell me how I can fix this error..
>>>
>>>
>>>> install.packages("FastRWeb",dep=TRUE)
>>> Installing package(s) into ‘/home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12’
>>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>>> also installing the dependency ‘Cairo’
>>>
>>> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/Cairo_1.5-0.tar.gz'
>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 81214 bytes (79 Kb)
>>> opened URL
>>> ==================================================
>>> downloaded 79 Kb
>>>
>>> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/FastRWeb_1.0-0.tar.gz'
>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 71072 bytes (69 Kb)
>>> opened URL
>>> ==================================================
>>> downloaded 69 Kb
>>>
>>> * installing *source* package ‘Cairo’ ...
>>> checking for gcc... gcc
>>> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>>> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>>> checking for suffix of executables...
>>> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>>> 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 ISO C89... none needed
>>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
>>> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
>>> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
>>> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
>>> checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
>>> checking for sys/types.h... yes
>>> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
>>> checking for stdlib.h... yes
>>> checking for string.h... yes
>>> checking for memory.h... yes
>>> checking for strings.h... yes
>>> checking for inttypes.h... yes
>>> checking for stdint.h... yes
>>> checking for unistd.h... yes
>>> checking for string.h... (cached) yes
>>> checking sys/time.h usability... yes
>>> checking sys/time.h presence... yes
>>> checking for sys/time.h... yes
>>> checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
>>> checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
>>> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
>>> checking whether pkg-config knows about cairo... yes
>>> checking for configurable backends... cairo cairo-ft cairo-pdf cairo-png cairo-ps cairo-xlib cairo-xlib-xrender
>>> configure: CAIRO_CFLAGS=-pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1
>>> checking if R was compiled with the RConn patch... no
>>> checking cairo.h usability... yes
>>> checking cairo.h presence... yes
>>> checking for cairo.h... yes
>>> checking for PNG support in Cairo... yes
>>> checking for ATS font support in Cairo... no
>>> configure: CAIRO_LIBS=-L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -lfreetype -lpng12 -lz -lXrender -lcairo -lX11
>>> checking for library containing deflate... none required
>>> checking whether Cairo programs can be compiled... yes
>>> checking whether cairo_image_surface_get_format is declared... no
>>> checking for FreeType support in cairo... yes
>>> checking whether FreeType needs additional flags... no
>>> checking wheter libjpeg works... yes
>>> checking wheter libtiff works... no
>>> configure: creating ./config.status
>>> config.status: creating src/Makevars
>>> config.status: creating src/cconfig.h
>>> ** libs
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c cairobem.c -o cairobem.o
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c cairogd.c -o cairogd.o
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c cairotalk.c -o cairotalk.o
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c img-backend.c -o img-backend.o
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c img-jpeg.c -o img-jpeg.o
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c img-tiff.c -o img-tiff.o
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c pdf-backend.c -o pdf-backend.o
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c ps-backend.c -o ps-backend.o
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c svg-backend.c -o svg-backend.o
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c w32-backend.c -o w32-backend.o
>>> gcc -I/usr/share/R/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1    -I. -Iinclude    -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe -g -fpic  -std=gnu99 -O3 -pipe  -g -c xlib-backend.c -o xlib-backend.o
>>> xlib-backend.c:34:74: fatal error: X11/Intrinsic.h: No such file or directory
>>> compilation terminated.
>>> make: *** [xlib-backend.o] Error 1
>>> ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘Cairo’
>>> * removing ‘/home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/Cairo’
>>> ERROR: dependency ‘Cairo’ is not available for package ‘FastRWeb’
>>> * removing ‘/home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/FastRWeb’
>>>
>>> The downloaded packages are in
>>> 	‘/tmp/RtmpFnOoDw/downloaded_packages’
>>> Warning messages:
>>> 1: In install.packages("FastRWeb", dep = TRUE) :
>>>     installation of package 'Cairo' had non-zero exit status
>>> 2: In install.packages("FastRWeb", dep = TRUE) :
>>>     installation of package 'FastRWeb' had non-zero exit status
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:32:13 +0200
>>>> From: ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
>>>> To: fin_engr at hotmail.com
>>>> CC: r-help at r-project.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [R] installing FastRWeb
>>>>
>>>> Please do read the output, it tells you:
>>>>
>>>> Please install cairo (http://www.cairographics.org/) and/or set
>>>> CAIRO_CFLAGS/LIBS correspondingly.
>>>>
>>>> And that is exactly what you need to do, it cannot be solved by
>>>> installing R packages....
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 29.10.2011 18:24, financial engineer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am working on Ubuntu and tried to install FastRWeb, but am getting the following error for installation of cairo.h.
>>>>>
>>>>>     install.packages("FastRWeb",dep=TRUE)
>>>>> Installing package(s) into ‘/home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12’
>>>>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>>>>> also installing the dependency ‘Cairo’
>>>>>
>>>>> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/Cairo_1.5-0.tar.gz'
>>>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 81214 bytes (79 Kb)
>>>>> opened URL
>>>>> ==================================================
>>>>> downloaded 79 Kb
>>>>>
>>>>> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/FastRWeb_1.0-0.tar.gz'
>>>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 71072 bytes (69 Kb)
>>>>> opened URL
>>>>> ==================================================
>>>>> downloaded 69 Kb
>>>>>
>>>>> * installing *source* package ‘Cairo’ ...
>>>>> checking for gcc... gcc
>>>>> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>>>>> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>>>>> checking for suffix of executables...
>>>>> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>>>>> 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 ISO C89... none needed
>>>>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
>>>>> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
>>>>> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
>>>>> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
>>>>> checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
>>>>> checking for sys/types.h... yes
>>>>> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
>>>>> checking for stdlib.h... yes
>>>>> checking for string.h... yes
>>>>> checking for memory.h... yes
>>>>> checking for strings.h... yes
>>>>> checking for inttypes.h... yes
>>>>> checking for stdint.h... yes
>>>>> checking for unistd.h... yes
>>>>> checking for string.h... (cached) yes
>>>>> checking sys/time.h usability... yes
>>>>> checking sys/time.h presence... yes
>>>>> checking for sys/time.h... yes
>>>>> checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
>>>>> checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
>>>>> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
>>>>> checking whether pkg-config knows about cairo... no
>>>>> configure: CAIRO_LIBS is unset, attempting to guess it.
>>>>> configure: CAIRO_CFLAGS=
>>>>> checking if R was compiled with the RConn patch... no
>>>>> checking cairo.h usability... no
>>>>> checking cairo.h presence... no
>>>>> checking for cairo.h... no
>>>>> configure: error: Cannot find cairo.h! Please install cairo (http://www.cairographics.org/) and/or set CAIRO_CFLAGS/LIBS correspondingly.
>>>>> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘Cairo’
>>>>> * removing ‘/home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/Cairo’
>>>>> ERROR: dependency ‘Cairo’ is not available for package ‘FastRWeb’
>>>>> * removing ‘/home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/FastRWeb’
>>>>>
>>>>> The downloaded packages are in
>>>>>        ‘/tmp/Rtmpla4fs8/downloaded_packages’
>>>>> Warning messages:
>>>>> 1: In install.packages("FastRWeb", dep = TRUE) :
>>>>>      installation of package 'Cairo' had non-zero exit status
>>>>> 2: In install.packages("FastRWeb", dep = TRUE) :
>>>>>      installation of package 'FastRWeb' had non-zero exit status
>>>>>
>>>>> so, I tried to install Cairo, but I get the following error:
>>>>>
>>>>> install.packages("Cairo")
>>>>> Installing package(s) into ‘/home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12’
>>>>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>>>>> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/Cairo_1.5-0.tar.gz'
>>>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 81214 bytes (79 Kb)
>>>>> opened URL
>>>>> ==================================================
>>>>> downloaded 79 Kb
>>>>>
>>>>> * installing *source* package ‘Cairo’ ...
>>>>> checking for gcc... gcc
>>>>> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>>>>> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>>>>> checking for suffix of executables...
>>>>> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>>>>> 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 ISO C89... none needed
>>>>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
>>>>> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
>>>>> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
>>>>> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
>>>>> checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
>>>>> checking for sys/types.h... yes
>>>>> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
>>>>> checking for stdlib.h... yes
>>>>> checking for string.h... yes
>>>>> checking for memory.h... yes
>>>>> checking for strings.h... yes
>>>>> checking for inttypes.h... yes
>>>>> checking for stdint.h... yes
>>>>> checking for unistd.h... yes
>>>>> checking for string.h... (cached) yes
>>>>> checking sys/time.h usability... yes
>>>>> checking sys/time.h presence... yes
>>>>> checking for sys/time.h... yes
>>>>> checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
>>>>> checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
>>>>> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
>>>>> checking whether pkg-config knows about cairo... no
>>>>> configure: CAIRO_LIBS is unset, attempting to guess it.
>>>>> configure: CAIRO_CFLAGS=
>>>>> checking if R was compiled with the RConn patch... no
>>>>> checking cairo.h usability... no
>>>>> checking cairo.h presence... no
>>>>> checking for cairo.h... no
>>>>> configure: error: Cannot find cairo.h! Please install cairo (http://www.cairographics.org/) and/or set CAIRO_CFLAGS/LIBS correspondingly.
>>>>> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘Cairo’
>>>>> * removing ‘/home/ba/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/Cairo’
>>>>>
>>>>> The downloaded packages are in
>>>>>        ‘/tmp/Rtmpla4fs8/downloaded_packages’
>>>>> Warning message:
>>>>> In install.packages("Cairo") :
>>>>>      installation of package 'Cairo' had non-zero exit status
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you pls. let me know how I can fix this.....thx!
>>>>>     		 	   		
>>>>> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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