[R-SIG-Mac] library not found for -lX11

[jochen laubrock]

Works for me after additionally setting PKG_CPPFLAGS to point to the headers in Makevars

PKG_LIBS=-L/usr/X11/lib -lX11 
PKG_CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/X11/include


On Nov 29, 2012, at 12:18 , Jakson Alves de Aquino <jalvesaq at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Jakson Alves de Aquino
> <jalvesaq at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I submitted a package to CRAN:
>> http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/vimcom/index.html
>> 
>> It builds on Linux without warnings, but there is the following error
>> on Mac OS X:
>> 
>>    ld: library not found for -lX11
>>    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>    make: *** [vimcom.so] Error 1
>>    ERROR: compilation failed for package 'vimcom'
>> 
>> The complete log is here:
>> http://www.r-project.org/nosvn/R.check/r-release-macosx-ix86/vimcom-00install.html
>> 
>> I know that I have to edit the src/Makevars file, but I don't know
>> what I should put there and I don't have access to any machine running
>> Mac OS X to make tests. Any help will be appreciated.
> 
> I've found this:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5841008/problem-in-linking-x11-in-mac-os-x
> 
> So, it seems that a Makevars file with the following content would
> solve the problem:
> 
> PKG_LIBS=-L/usr/X11/lib -lX11
> 
> I would be grateful if someone could try to build the package with the
> above change in the src/Makevars since, as I have said, I can't make
> tests.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Jakson Alves de Aquino
> Federal University of Ceará
> Social Sciences Department
> www.lepem.ufc.br/aquino.php
> 
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