Thanks a lot, Steve. I don't see X11.app in /Applications/Utilities. I did
install xcode and X11 is there under /usr/X11. I will check the mac support
group site for this. Any suggestions to keep X11.app
under /Applications/Utilities?

Thanks again for your time,
Ezhil


On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Steve Lianoglou <
mailinglist.honeypot@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ezhil,
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Ezhil A <ezhil05@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am trying to install rgl from the source file: rgl_0. I tried
> > using: /usr/bin/R64 CMD INSTALL rgl_0.92.798.tar.gz and get the following
> > error message:
> >
> > 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/2.14/Resources/library/rgl’
> > * restoring previous
> > ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.14/Resources/library/rgl’
> >
> > I do see a directory X11 installed under /usr. Do I need to instruct rgl
> to
> > look for /usr/X11/bin? If so, how do I do that?
>
> Check if you have X11.app in /Applications/Utilities
>
> Also, when you get that sorted out, I think I needed to follow the
> instructions here:
> http://danbri.org/words/2011/12/08/761
>
> in order to install rgl from source, namely you'd do:
>
> R CMD INSTALL rgl_0.92.798.tar.gz –configure-args=”–disable-carbon” rgl
>
> But, if you're not running R-devel, why not just install the prebuilt
> package using `install.packages`?
>
> (pretty sure that you'd still need to ensure X11 is installed, though)
>
> -steve
>
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> Steve Lianoglou
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>  | Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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