Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > Please do as the file INSTALL asks and read the R-admin.html file. > It says > > Remember that some package management systems (such as RPM and deb) make a > distinction between the user version of a package and the development > version. The latter usually has the same name but with the extension > `-devel' or `-dev': you need both versions installed. > > Unless you do not want to view graphs on-screen you need `X11' installed, > including its headers and client libraries. (On Fedora Core Linux this > means the `xorg-x11-devel' and `xorg-x11-libs' RPMs, for example. Older > Linuxen used `XFree86-'. Some Debian derivatives apparently also require > `libxt-dev'.) If you really do not want these you will need to explicitly > configure R without X11, using --with-x=no. >
They have the same names on my SuSE 9.2 installation as Prof. Ripley indicated for a Fedora Core system. On SuSE, you need to install these packages with YaST (assuming that's what you are using for system admin). > > > On Tue, 14 Nov 2006, thomas phillipson wrote: > >> Can someone who uses SuSe Linux (I currently use 9.3) please tell me what I >> need toto to avoid the >> message >> >> configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are not >> available >> >> without setting --with-x=no >> >> currently my /usr/lib/X11 directory looks like this >> >> ls /usr/lib/X11 >> app-defaults fvwm2 nls twm XErrorDB Xmodmap >> Cards getconfig Options wmmount xinit Xmodmap.remote >> etc icons proxymngr x11perfcomp xkb Xresources >> fonts lbxproxy rgb.txt xdm XKeysymDB xserver >> fs locale rstart xedit xman.help xsm >> >> >> thanks >> tom -- Kevin E. Thorpe Biostatistician/Trialist, Knowledge Translation Program Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 416.946.8081 Fax: 416.946.3297 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
