[R-SIG-Mac] Loading rgl fails on 2.7.0

[Simon Urbanek]

Michael,

please read R for Mac OS X FAQ (even more so if you are using R-devel)  
- apparently you are using Leopard, so you have to fix X11 first - see  
also
http://r.research.att.com/building.html
(which is mentioned in the FAQ)

Cheers,
Simon

BTW: You said R crashed on you - can you, please, send us the crash  
report? I can only repeat that posting "R crashed" without any report  
is the most rude thing one can do - it is the same as saying "I know  
how I could help others but I refuse to tell anyone". So pretty please  
with a cherry on top ... report crashes!


On Feb 12, 2008, at 6:37 AM, Michael Kubovy wrote:

> Thanks. I downloaded and installed gfortran and tcltk from http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/tools/
>
> Then:
>> install.packages('rgl', type = 'source', lib = '/Library/Frameworks/
> R.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/library')
> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/ 
> rgl_0.76.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 803143 bytes (784 Kb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 784 Kb
>
> * Installing *source* package 'rgl' ...
> checking for gcc... gcc -arch i386 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/
> MacOSX10.4u.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.4 -std=gnu99
>
> <snip>
>
> checking for X...
> The downloaded packages are in
> 	/private/var/folders/TG/TG6nWu2pHYCI-BdWWiyMxU+++TI/-Tmp-/Rtmp9t3Nlf/
> downloaded_packages
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("rgl", type = "source", lib = "/Library/ 
> Frameworks/
> R.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/library") :
>   installation of package 'rgl' had non-zero exit status
> no
> configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted.
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
> ** Removing '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/
> library/rgl'
>
> So it's still failing to see X11.
>
> On Feb 12, 2008, at 6:24 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>
>> You need the development libraries, not just the run-time components.
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Michael Kubovy wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks. I had already tried to install with menu Package &
>>> Data:Package Installer from CRAN (Sources). That crashed R.
>>> Now on your advice, I ran
>>>> install.packages('rgl', type = 'source', lib = '/Library/
>>>> Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/library')
>>> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/rgl_0.76.tar.gz'
>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 803143 bytes (784 Kb)
>>> opened URL
>>> ==================================================
>>> downloaded 784 Kb
>>>
>>> * Installing *source* package 'rgl' ...
>>> checking for gcc... gcc -arch i386 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/
>>> MacOSX10.4u.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.4 -std=gnu99
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> checking for sys/types.h... rm: conftest.dSYM: is a directory
>>> rm: conftest.dSYM: is a directory
>>> yes
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> The downloaded packages are in
>>> 	/private/var/folders/TG/TG6nWu2pHYCI-BdWWiyMxU+++TI/-Tmp-/
>>> RtmpkjuNX6/downloaded_packages
>>> Warning message:
>>> In install.packages("rgl", type = "source", lib = "/Library/
>>> Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/library") :
>>> installation of package 'rgl' had non-zero exit status
>>> yes
>>> checking png.h usability... no
>>> checking png.h presence... no
>>> checking for png.h... no
>>> checking for png_read_update_info in -lpng... no
>>> configure: libpng header and lib found
>>> configure: using libpng dynamic linkage
>>> checking for X... no
>>> configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted.
>>> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
>>> ** Removing '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/
>>> library/rgl'
>>>
>>> So it's not seeing X11, even though I had it running.
>
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