I forgot to mention that bitmap()
will do what you want without an X11 connection. b On Jan 11, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Rebecca Tagett wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to adapt some R code that works on Windows so that it > will work > on a Linux machine. > > The command : > > png("myFile.png", width=600, height=600) > > fails claiming that it is impossible to establish a connection with > X11. > (Error messages are in French, so I'm not pasting them here!) > > > > I have libpng installed: > >> rpm -qa libpng* > > libpng-1.0.12-2 > > libpng-devel-1.0.12-2 > > > > So I don't understand why R thinks I'm trying to connect to X11. I > haven't > been able to find many examples of R graphics code specifically for > Linux, > but I have the impression that if libpng is installed, the graphics > commands > are identical. The libpng manual is not useful, because it does not > mention > use of libpng commands in an R environment. > > > > I'm using R 2.4.1, which I recently installed. Do I have to install > a more > recent libpng ? If so, do I have to reconfigure and remake R ? > > > > I've also read that no graphics devices are available under R CMD > BATCH. > Does that really mean that I can't create graphics from some R code > that I > launch in noninteractive mode? > > > > Thanks in advance ! > > > > Rebecca Tagett > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.