R help - Aug 2000 - Help with X11 display on linux-PPC

Hi

I recently compiled and installed R on a linux PPC system.
> version
         _
platform powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
arch     powerpc
os       linux-gnu
system   powerpc, linux-gnu
status
major    1
minor    1.1
year     2000
month    August
day      15
language R

The installation seemed to go well, except that configure didn't find X11
support, and consequently I can not output any graphics to an X-window.

if I type x11() in R I get:
> x11()
Error in x11() : the x11 device has not been loaded

Invoking R with "R --gui=X11" doesn't help.

So, how can I get R to load the X11 device?

Can I do this without reinstallation?  How?

If I do need to reinstall, how can I ensure that the installation
configures for X11?


Thanks in Advance,

Julin


Julin N. Maloof
Plant Biology Laboratory
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
P.O. Box 85800
San Diego, CA 92186-5800
(858)-453-4100, x1105
(858)-558-6379 (fax)
jmaloof at ems.salk.edu


-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
r-help 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-help-request at
stat.math.ethz.ch
_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._

Julin Maloof <jmaloof at ems.salk.edu> writes:
> Invoking R with "R --gui=X11" doesn't help.
> 
> So, how can I get R to load the X11 device?
> Can I do this without reinstallation?  How?
Nope. If configure thinks X support isn't available, then you have to
make it change its mind.
> If I do need to reinstall, how can I ensure that the installation
> configures for X11?
Usually, this comes from not forgetting to install -devel packages for
X11 (e.g. XFree86-devel on RedHat), but otherwise the scientific
approach is to study config.log and see what went wrong.

-- 
   O__  ---- Peter Dalgaard             Blegdamsvej 3  
  c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics     2200 Cph. N   
 (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen   Denmark      Ph: (+45) 35327918
~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk)             FAX: (+45) 35327907
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
r-help 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-help-request at
stat.math.ethz.ch
_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._