[Rd] Compiling R-3.1.0 on debian with libpng/libjpeg

Preussner, Jens
2014-06-26T06:46:32Z

Dear r-developers,

I currently face an issue while compiling R from source on a debian wheezy. When
running the configure script (particularly with --enable-R-shlib
--prefix=/packages/R/3.1.0/) I get a Makefile and the output
...
  Interfaces supported:      X11
  External libraries:        readline
  Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, NLS
  Options enabled:           shared R library, shared BLAS, R profiling
...

After compiling and checking the capabilities, R tells me the
following:
> capabilities()
    jpeg      png     tiff    tcltk      X11     aqua http/ftp  sockets
   FALSE    FALSE    FALSE    FALSE    FALSE    FALSE     TRUE     TRUE
  libxml     fifo   cledit    iconv      NLS  profmem    cairo
    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE    FALSE

I already have R on another machine with jpeg/png capabilities, also compiled on
my own. I crosschecked the versions of the libpng-* and libjpeg-* packages
installed there and could not find any difference. Also returning to R-3.0.2
doesn't work.
A last thing: The same question came up back in 2009, but there was no answer on
the list.. https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2009-December/222967.html

Any suggestions how to get more information on what is going on here?
Many thanks and best regards,

Jens


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