On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:51 PM, carol white <wht_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks I ran your command but still get the same error message when I run > ./configure > > configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are not > available > If you are installing via apt-get, why do you have to run ./configure? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linlin Yan (é¢ææ) <yanlinli...@gmail.com> > To: carol white <wht_...@yahoo.com> > Cc: "r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch" <r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 3:41 PM > Subject: Re: [R] X11 problem > > 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. > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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