R help - Feb 2008 - configure fails on new Redhat Enterprise System

Hello all,

I have a new Redhat enterprise system that I'm trying to get set up with all
the goodies I need, including R-2.6.1. I got all of the required dependencies
including readline. However, configure dies with:
configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
available

Here are all the lines of output relating to readline:

checking readline/history.h usability... yes
checking readline/history.h presence... yes
checking for readline/history.h... yes
checking readline/readline.h usability... yes
checking readline/readline.h presence... yes
checking for readline/readline.h... yes
checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
available

When I tried './configure --with-readline=no' it got through this
trouble spot just fine, but then died on:
--with-x=yes and X11 header/libs are not available

I know I have readline and X11. I believe all my search paths are correct.

(yum doesn't seem to have R. apt probably does, but I think you have to
choose one or the other and I've been using yum.)

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Katherine Gowan :-)
Unix/Linux guy for Human Medical Genetics Research @ University of Colorado

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Katherine.Gowan at UCHSC.edu wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a new Redhat enterprise system that I'm trying to get set up
with all the goodies I need, including R-2.6.1. I got all of the required
dependencies including readline. However, configure dies with:
> configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
available
>   
FAQ 7.20 and 2.6 should answer this.
> Here are all the lines of output relating to readline:
>
> checking readline/history.h usability... yes
> checking readline/history.h presence... yes
> checking for readline/history.h... yes
> checking readline/readline.h usability... yes
> checking readline/readline.h presence... yes
> checking for readline/readline.h... yes
> checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
> checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
> configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
available
>
> When I tried './configure --with-readline=no' it got through this
trouble spot just fine, but then died on:
> --with-x=yes and X11 header/libs are not available
>
> I know I have readline and X11. I believe all my search paths are correct.
>
> (yum doesn't seem to have R. apt probably does, but I think you have to
choose one or the other and I've been using yum.)
>
> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks,
> Katherine Gowan :-)
> Unix/Linux guy for Human Medical Genetics Research @ University of Colorado
>
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>
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