[R] X11 problem

[Linlin Yan (颜林林)]

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.thorpe at utoronto.ca>
> To: carol white <wht_crl at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch" <r-help at 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.
>