In order to build R-2.13.1 from source with X11, I guess you need to install X11 develop library. Please try this: sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 05:49 -0700, carol white wrote: > Thanks for your reply. I used the following commands: > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install r-base > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kevin E. Thorpe <kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca> > To: carol white <wht_...@yahoo.com> > Cc: "r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch" <r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:34 PM > Subject: Re: [R] X11 problem > > On 08/25/2011 08:27 AM, carol white wrote: > > Hello, > > TO update R under Ubuntu on my macchine, I downloaded R-2.13.1. When > > running ./configure, I got the following error message: > > > > checking for X... no > > configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are not > > available > > > > > > > > But I could use X11() function in R-2-10. So where does the problem come > > from? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Carol > > > > It looks like you're compiling from source and your system does not have > the header files required installed. Did you compile your previous > version or use a pre-built (binary) package? A binary package would not > require the headers. > > I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know what the name of packages you need > for the headers. Typically the packages have the devel versions > separate, you you need those. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
