On Jan 7, 10:32 am, Jaap Spies <j.sp...@hccnet.nl> wrote: > kcrisman wrote: > > Dear sage-devel, > > > In trying to get R to work as well as possible when it comes to > > additional packages, I notice that one problem is that on some systems > > certain libraries or headers (I'm not using those terms correctly, > > probably) are available, and on others not. Here is a snippet of an > > example with package 'rgl', which is needed for package 'depth': > > > checking GL/gl.h usability... no > > checking GL/gl.h presence... no > > checking for GL/gl.h... no > > checking GL/glu.h usability... no > > checking GL/glu.h presence... no > > checking for GL/glu.h... no > > configure: error: missing required header GL/gl.h > > > This was on boxen.math (and occurred on sage.math before it bit the > > dust). However, on my Macintel 10.5, it seems to install fine. > > Apparently this has to do with OpenGL graphics support already being > > on a machine, though I'm not 100% sure. > > On sage.math OpenGL was available (all of mesa was installed), but > not in boxen.math.
Okay, that makes sense. If I remember, I will try to open a ticket to clarify this situation - that some R packages require additional outside resources one can't assume are installed. - kcrisman
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