Re: [R] problem installing R 2.5

Notice that it is pretty much mandatory to study the Admin manual, e.g., https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html and its appendices in particular. It is also included in the sources (in .texi format). As you are building an old R on a recent OS, some interpolation may be

Re: [R] problem installing R 2.5

> On Nov 8, 2016, at 7:08 AM, Lentes, Bernd via R-help > wrote: > > > > - Am 8. Nov 2016 um 7:53 schrieb Göran Broström goran.brost...@umu.se: > >> libX11-dev? >> >> Göran > > Hi, > > is already installed: > > i A libx11-dev -

Re: [R] problem installing R 2.5

> Hi, > I would like to suggest that this discussion be moved to R-SIG-Debian, since > this is Linux distribution specific: > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > You will avail yourself of a more focused audience there as well. > Regards, > Marc Schwartz Ok. I subscribed

Re: [R] problem installing R 2.5

- Am 8. Nov 2016 um 7:53 schrieb Göran Broström goran.brost...@umu.se: > libX11-dev? > > Göran Hi, is already installed: i A libx11-dev - Client-seitige Bibliothek für X11 (Entwick (ubuntu system) Bernd Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum

Re: [R] problem installing R 2.5

libX11-dev? Göran On 2016-11-07 19:27, Lentes, Bernd via R-help wrote: Hi, i'd like to install R 2.5 on an Ubuntu 14.04. I have a special software requiring this old version. While ./configure, i get the following error: checking for mbstate_t... yes checking for X... no configure: error:

[R] problem installing R 2.5

Hi, i'd like to install R 2.5 on an Ubuntu 14.04. I have a special software requiring this old version. While ./configure, i get the following error: checking for mbstate_t... yes checking for X... no configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are not available The problem