Duncan Murdoch schrieb: > On 2/20/2007 1:11 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> Hi Duncan, >> I don't know if this will list all the dependencies for your documentation, >> since Rick's error messages did not involve libraries and header files >> already installed by him for something else, perhaps. > > No, but it's a start: I'm thinking of something more like a FAQ than > comprehensive documentation. Comprehensive docs are not feasible to > maintain (there are so many systems that Daniel and I don't use), but > hints that two non-standard packages solved one person's problems might > be enough of a hint to get someone else going.
Duncan, thank you for this purpose. I am such a person who could need some help with installing rgl and hope it is ok to place it in this thread. My trial to install rgl_0.70.tar.gz on R-2.4.1 on FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT ends up with errors. Obiously something is wrong with Makevars. I have no idea what to do next. 'rgl' is one of the rare cases that do not install under R on FreeBSD. The install messages are short: ----- #R CMD INSTALL rgl_0.70.tar.gz * Installing to library '/usr/local/lib/R/library' * Installing *source* package 'rgl' ... checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include checking for libpng-config... yes configure: using libpng-config configure: using libpng dynamic linkage configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating src/Makevars ** libs "Makevars", line 9: Need an operator "Makevars", line 12: Need an operator "Makevars", line 15: Need an operator "Makevars", line 21: Need an operator "Makevars", line 23: Need an operator "Makevars", line 36: Need an operator "Makevars", line 38: Need an operator make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue chmod: /usr/local/lib/R/library/rgl/libs/*: No such file or directory ERROR: compilation failed for package 'rgl' ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/library/rgl' ----- Are there any experiences with installing rgl on FreeBSD? Do you know if it is at all possible to get rgl to work on FreeBSD? If I can do anything like testing or giving more information let me know. I appreciate any help. Thank you in advance. Rainer Hurling ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.