On Saturday 03 November 2007 12:55:43 pm Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote: > I have installed R > (http://cran.at.r-project.org/src/base/R-2/R-2.6.0.tar.gz) > and followed the installation instructions: > "put it in /usr/local/bin and then unpack, and just > say > "./configure", then "make", then "make install" inside > the R-2.6.0 directory" > > R runs fine but just from command line. > I am also using R on Windows where it has a nice GUI. > I was directed to dowload and install R GUI for Linux > ( http://rosuda.org/JGR/down.shtml) > I folowed the instructions for SuSE10.2 although I > have 10.3. I istalled java 1.6 as required. > But the R GUI won't work on SuSE10.3. > In the following I'm pasting the fatal error I get. > R has its own mailing list where I have posted my > problem. All people who tried to install R GUI on SuSE > 10.3 experienced the same problem that is unanimali > regarded as a SuSE 10.3 problem. > Dr E.A. Catchpole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "This is a known problem with Suse10.3 --- lots of > things that use Java > (e.g., Matlab) produce the same error message. I'm > currently trying to > fix this upon my machine, but haven't succeeded yet. > Josh Triplett suggested the following: > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6532373 > This seems to have helped > several people. But it didn't work for me. > A sure fix is going back to Suse10.2!" > > I know many of you (in this forum) have all the > knowledge and expertise to suggest the workaround. > I would appreciate your help. > Thank you in advance, > Maura > > ************************************************ > *** R GUI installation trace file ************* > > As root /i did the following: > linux-Mimin:/usr/local/bin # ./R > > R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03) > Copyright (C) 2007 The R Foundation for Statistical > Computing > ISBN 3-900051-07-0 > > R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO > WARRANTY. > You are welcome to redistribute it under certain > conditions. > Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution > details. > > Natural language support but running in an English > locale > > R is a collaborative project with many contributors. > Type 'contributors()' for more information and > 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in > publications. > > Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line > help, or > 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. > Type 'q()' to quit R. > > > install.packages("JGR",dep=TRUE) > > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this > session --- > CRAN mirror > > 1: Argentina 2: Australia (QLD) > 3: Australia (VIC) 4: Austria > ......................................... > > Selection: 20 > trying URL > 'http://www.centervenus.com/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/JGR_1.5-5.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 370920 bytes > (362 Kb) > opened URL > ================================================== > downloaded 362 Kb > > * Installing *source* package 'JGR' ... > ** R > ** inst > ** help > > >>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'JGR' > > Formats: text html latex example > jgr.addMenu text html > latex example > jgr.addMenuItem text html > latex example > jgr.addMenuSeperator text html > latex example > supplements text html > latex > ** building package indices ... > * DONE (JGR) > > The downloaded packages are in > /tmp/Rtmp8XtRf8/downloaded_packages > Updating HTML index of packages in '.Library' > > > library(JGR) > > Loading required package: rJava > Loading required package: JavaGD > Loading required package: iplots > R: xcb_xlib.c:52: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion > `c->xlib.lock' failed. > Aborted
See: http://en.opensuse.org/Xlib.lock And be overjoyed that it works. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
