Dear David, Duncan, and Jochen, and everyone

I am happy to report that  with R version 2.15.0, rgl_0.92.861 now  
loads properly.  To whoever fixed this, thank you!

Mark


> Below some more observations that might help you locate the problem.
>
> Also sorry for ignoring the posting rules in my last post. I was  
> still on 2.14.1, and installing from source from the GUI version of  
> R64. Installing from source from R64 GUI still works after the  
> upgrade to R 2.14.2, .
>
> The 32 bit versions of R don't work for me anymore, probably because  
> I have only installed the 64 bit versions of some libraries under  
> Lion. I have never noticed before, since after the problem discussed  
> in this thread https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2010-July/007609.html 
>  I have been using R64 exclusively.
>
> Also note that installing from the command line (Terminal) version  
> of either R32 or R64 gives the error
>
>> checking for glEnd in -lGL... no
>> configure: error: missing required library GL
>
> Presumably, something is wrong with my bash environment and the  
> configure script is picking up the wrong gl libraries.
> Installing from source does work after downloading and unzipping the  
> rgl tarball with
>
> ./configure --with-gl-libs=/usr/X11/lib --with-gl-includes=/usr/X11/ 
> include
>
>
> Jochen
>
> On Mar 28, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>
>> On 12-03-27 6:31 PM, Grimes Mark wrote:
>>> Dear People
>>>
>>>  I can't figure out how to fix this problem: rgl won't run under R
>>> 2.14.2 (it was working for me before under 2.14.0). The error  
>>> message
>>> is:
>>
>> rgl is currently changing fairly rapidly.  I'd suggest trying to  
>> install again (the current version, as of yesterday, is 0.92.861).   
>> If that's not enough, I'd install a binary build (which may be a  
>> little old, but at least it built successfully...).
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>
> Thanks for your continued efforts Duncan. I had tried compiling that  
> version from source and gotten an error but when I attempted to  
> install from the current binary image which is now rgl_0.92.861.tgz,  
> I got apparent success, it loads without error, and the example in ? 
> rgl runs.
>
> -- 
>
> David Winsemius, MD
> West Hartford, CT
>


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