[R-SIG-Mac] X11 missing? ... was Re: [R] rgl persp3d bounding box color problem.

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 03/03/2009 6:40 PM, Rob Goedman wrote:
> David,
> 
> I did notice in your log.txt file the following message:
> 
> 	ld warning: in /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.dylib, missing required  
> architecture x86_64 in file
> 
> It seems a bit far fetched for the missing symbol to come from that  
> library though (but this is a
> JavaScripter/pythoneer talking :-).

I think it probably did -- the FT symbols are FreeType, used by rgl to 
draw nice fonts.

But I don't know how to fix this, other than configuring without 
Freetype (and so without nice fonts).

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> As I normally work on R-2.9, I just went back to R-2.8.1 and tried the  
> terminal procedure.
> Got the rgl examples running without problems. So that is not the  
> cause of the error message either.
> 
> I also noticed you are using the latest rgl from R-Forge (83-751),  
> while I was using 83-3.
> Both versions work on my system.
> 
> If someone could help out where _FT_Attach_File comes from ...
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> On Mar 3, 2009, at 2:48 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
> 
>> Tried that method:
>>
>> The compilation proceeded without error and was reported:
>> <snip quite a bit of material attached as rgl-compile.log>
>> ** building package indices ...
>> * DONE (rgl)
>>
>>
>> However, in R refreshing the Package Manager and attempting to load  
>> rgl fails to load with this error report:
>>
>> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>>  unable to load shared library '/Users/davidwinsemius/Library/R/2.8/ 
>> library/rgl/libs/x86_64/rgl.so':
>>  dlopen(/Users/davidwinsemius/Library/R/2.8/library/rgl/libs/x86_64/ 
>> rgl.so, 6): Symbol not found: _FT_Attach_File
>>  Referenced from: /Users/davidwinsemius/Library/R/2.8/library/rgl/ 
>> libs/x86_64/rgl.so
>>  Expected in: dynamic lookup
>>
>> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'rgl'
>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'rgl'
>> <rgl-compile-log.txt>
>>
>> -- thanks for all the eyeballs and ideas
>>
>> David Winsemius
>>
>>
>> On Mar 3, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Rob Goedman wrote:
>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> On my system libpng-config and xmkmf are in /usr/X11/bin, as on  
>>> your system.
>>> Adding /usr/X11/bin to my path did not help. I think /usr/X11R6 is  
>>> just a link back to /usr/X11.
>>>
>>> Did you try the terminal suggestion?
>>>
>>> Download rgl_0.83-3.tar.gz from CRAN, then in a terminal
>>>
>>> Robs-Intel:~ rob$ pwd
>>> /Users/rob
>>>
>>> Robs-Intel:~ rob$ cd Downloads/					# To wherever the  
>>> rgl.....tar.gz got stored
>>>
>>> Robs-Intel:Downloads rob$ ls
>>> Cappuccino_Developer_Tools.pkg
>>> Changes.app
>>> Fluid_0.9.6.zip
>>> iphone_sdk_for_iphone_os_2.2.19m2621afinal.dmg
>>> rgl_0.83-3.tar.gz
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Robs-Intel:Downloads rob$ R_ARCH=/x86_64 R CMD INSTALL  --configure- 
>>> args='--disable-carbon' rgl_0.83-3.tar.gz
>>> * Installing to library ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/ 
>>> library’
>>> * Installing *source* package ‘rgl’ ...
>>> checking for gcc... gcc-4.2 -arch x86_64 -std=gnu99
>>> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>>> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>>> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>>> ...
>>>
>>> I know, it is not the ultimate solution, but it might help to know  
>>> this works on your system.
>>>
>>> Rob
> 
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