[R] Error while working with png output on linux server

[Thierry Onkelinx]

Dear Sanjeev,

It seems that you system neither supports X11 devices nor cairo
devices. See http://lmgtfy.com/?q=R+unable+to+open+connection+to+X11
for possible solutions.

Best regards,

ir. Thierry Onkelinx
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AND FOREST
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2018-02-01 16:18 GMT+01:00 Sariya, Sanjeev <ss5505 op cumc.columbia.edu>:
> Thanks for pointing to FAQ: I tried with cairo (shared in commands), unfortunately didn't work.
>
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> Sanjeev Sariya
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Newmiller [mailto:jdnewmil op dcn.davis.ca.us]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 10:12 AM
> To: r-help op r-project.org; Sariya, Sanjeev <ss5505 op cumc.columbia.edu>; r-help op r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Error while working with png output on linux server
>
> FAQ 7.19?
>
> Also, read the Posting Guide, in particular about posting using plain text.
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> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>
> On February 1, 2018 6:50:42 AM PST, "Sariya, Sanjeev" <ss5505 op cumc.columbia.edu> wrote:
>>I'm working on linux server:
>>Linux  4.9.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.51-1 (2017-09-28) x86_64
>>GNU/Linux
>>
>>I get error while creating png files. I'm sharing my commands and error
>>while I run those commands:
>>
>>>png("abc", type="cairo")
>>Error in .External2(C_X11, paste0("png::", filename), g$width,
>>g$height,  :
>>  unable to start device PNG
>>In addition: Warning message:
>>In png("abc", type = "cairo") : unable to open connection to X11
>>display ''
>>
>>> png("apoeqqplot.png", res=600)
>>Error in .External2(C_X11, paste0("png::", filename), g$width,
>>g$height,  :
>>  unable to start device PNG
>>In addition: Warning message:
>>In png("apoeqqplot.png", res = 600) :
>>  unable to open connection to X11 display ''
>>
>>dev.off()
>>
>>R version 3.4.2 (2017-09-28)
>>Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>>Running under: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
>>
>>Matrix products: default
>>BLAS: /mnt/mfs/cluster/bin/R-3.4/lib/libRblas.so
>>LAPACK: /mnt/mfs/cluster/bin/R-3.4/lib/libRlapack.so
>>
>>locale:
>>[1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
>>[3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
>>[5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
>>[7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C
>>[9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
>>[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>>
>>attached base packages:
>>[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
>>other attached packages:
>>[1] CMplot_3.3.1
>>
>>loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>[1] compiler_3.4.2 tools_3.4.2
>>
>>
>>How do I fix this?
>>
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