I don't recall (but I might be wrong) seeing that X11 was fixed on 10.5.4.

Did you fix the symbolic link to libGL?

/usr/X11/lib/libGL.dylib should point to /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Libraries/libGL.dylib

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-----Original Message-----
From: r-sig-mac-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch on behalf of Duncan Murdoch
Sent: Wed 7/16/2008 5:09 PM
To: Jan de Leeuw
Cc: r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Weird problems in Leopard
 
Jan de Leeuw wrote:
> Did you compile R on the same computer ?

No, I just installed the binary from CRAN.  That's likely the problem.

Duncan

>
> On Jul 16, 2008, at 13:55 , Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>
>> I've just bought a new iMac with 10.5.4 of OS X.  I installed R 2.7.1 
>> on it with no problems.
>>
>> I tried to install Xcode 3.0, but three downloads (two Firefox, one 
>> Safari) were corrupt, so I installed 3.1.
>>
>> Now, the weirdness:
>>
>> When I try to install rgl from the CRAN source,  or from a local 
>> directory using R CMD INSTALL, the configure script fails with these 
>> messages:
>>
>> checking for X... libraries /usr/X11/lib, headers /usr/X11/include
>> checking for glEnd in -lGL... no
>> configure: error: missing required library GL
>> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
>> ** Removing '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/rgl'
>> ** Restoring previous 
>> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/rgl'
>>
>>
>> However, if I run the configure script (as ./configure) within the 
>> local directory, it succeeds:
>>
>> checking for X... libraries /usr/X11/lib, headers /usr/X11/include
>> checking for glEnd in -lGL... yes
>>
>> I can then move the configure script out of the way and R CMD INSTALL 
>> proceeds (until it gets to the FTVectoriser error, which I'm working 
>> on fixing).
>>
>>
>> Why would R CMD INSTALL make the configure script fail???
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
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