Thanks a lot, Steve. I don't see X11.app in /Applications/Utilities. I did install xcode and X11 is there under /usr/X11. I will check the mac support group site for this. Any suggestions to keep X11.app under /Applications/Utilities?
Thanks again for your time, Ezhil On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Steve Lianoglou < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ezhil, > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Ezhil A <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > I am trying to install rgl from the source file: rgl_0. I tried > > using: /usr/bin/R64 CMD INSTALL rgl_0.92.798.tar.gz and get the following > > error message: > > > > checking for X... no > > configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted. > > ERROR: configuration failed for package rgl > > * removing > > /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.14/Resources/library/rgl > > * restoring previous > > /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.14/Resources/library/rgl > > > > I do see a directory X11 installed under /usr. Do I need to instruct rgl > to > > look for /usr/X11/bin? If so, how do I do that? > > Check if you have X11.app in /Applications/Utilities > > Also, when you get that sorted out, I think I needed to follow the > instructions here: > http://danbri.org/words/2011/12/08/761 > > in order to install rgl from source, namely you'd do: > > R CMD INSTALL rgl_0.92.798.tar.gz configure-args=disable-carbon rgl > > But, if you're not running R-devel, why not just install the prebuilt > package using `install.packages`? > > (pretty sure that you'd still need to ensure X11 is installed, though) > > -steve > > -- > Steve Lianoglou > Graduate Student: Computational Systems Biology > | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center > | Weill Medical College of Cornell University > Contact Info: http://cbio.mskcc.org/~lianos/contact > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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