Does your computer have the package `build-essential` installed? The specific error you're getting is:
``` checking whether the C compiler works... no configure: error: in `/tmp/RtmpSv852d/R.INSTALL521c32e70e07/stringi': configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details ``` --Petra On 15-10-17, Mateusz Cisek wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I installed R and trying to install additional package: `rgl`. The problem > is, I keep getting this error: > > installation of package ‘rgl’ had non-zero exit status > > All warnings, installation log and R version info in available in my gist: > https://gist.github.com/mateuszcisek/2337bd92695b7ddf10bca10ea403c712 (it > was too long to use it all in the message). > > I use Linux Mint 18.2. I know that there are more questions about that > error message, but I did not find any working solution. This is basically > fresh installation, I did not change any configuration files and tried to > install this package with and without root permissions. Does anyone have > any clue what can cause this? > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian