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

[Michael Kubovy]

Hi Simon,

Thanks. So in Terminal:

MK-MacPro:lib mk$ cd /usr/X11/lib
MK-MacPro:lib mk$ sudo bash
Password:
bash-3.2# mv libGL.dylib libGL.dylib.apple
bash-3.2# ln -s /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Libraries/ 
libGL.dylib .

Then in R:
 > 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)

<snip>

The downloaded packages are in
	/private/var/folders/TG/TG6nWu2pHYCI-BdWWiyMxU+++TI/-Tmp-/RtmpuLU92a/ 
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'

On Feb 12, 2008, at 8:28 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:

> 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)
>
> 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.
>>

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