The compilation fails in <libintl.h>, because some function definitions was changed in <libgnome/gnome-i18n.h>. I inserted #define ENABLE_NLS before '#include "gnome.h" in devGNOME.c and devGTK.c, and then the compilation went ok. There was also an error in configure, it couldn't find libglade-config. Version: platform = sparc-sun-solaris2.8 arch = sparc os = solaris2.8 system = sparc, solaris2.8 status major = 1 minor = 1.1 by the way: the function "bug.report(...)" failed with the message: Error in paste("-s '", subject, "' -c", ccaddress, address, "<", file, : Object "support" not found -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._