I've been using R on FreeBSD for several years now so I can tell you it works fine. However I have not yet upgraded to FreeBSD 5.0 so perhaps it has something to do with the new version. Here's something you may want to try: Rather than using the old version of R from the FreeBSD ports collection, download the latest R source directly from CRAN then try to ./configure && make && make install it. I've found that R obeys the FreeBSD 'hier' and the sources on CRAN are always more up to date than the compliled FreeBSD packages or ports.
Loren On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Peng Zhang wrote: > Hello there, > > I just changed to FreeBSD platform, and want to install R on it. I use > FreeBSD 5.0 and install nearly all packages on the machine. When I use > ports to install R, (cd /usr/ports/math/R-letter, and then type make) I > got the following error information. > ../../../../library/methods/libs/methods.so is unchanged > dumping R code in package 'methods' > Fatal error: The X11 shared library could not be loaded. > The error was /usr/ports/math/R-letter/work/R-1.6.0/modules/R_X11.so: > Undefined symbol "R_GlobalEnv" > Can somebody tell me why and how to fix this problem? > > Thank you for your help! > > Best wishes, > Peng > > ******************************* > Peng Zhang > Department of Biostatistics > Harvard School of Public Health > 655 Huntington Avenue > Boston, Massachusetts 02115 > ******************************* > > I believe I can fly > I believe I can touch the sky > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
