R help - Jun 2001 - Unable to configure for X

I have a laptop with linux mandrake release 7.2 on it, and tried to install
R-1.2.3 from source.  The configure script runs ok except it seems not to
detect the right X headers and libraries, the configure script reports:
checking for X (cached) .... no

I tried specifically running configure with the options --with-x and
specifiying what appear to be correct paths with --x-includes and
--x-libraries but with no luck.  I even had a look at the configure script
but it quickly came too confusing for me.  Perhaps it is the version of
XFree I have ?  These are the XFree86 packages installed:

XFree86-libs-4.0.1-28mdk
XFree86-4.0.1-28mdk
XFree86-devel-4.0.1-28mdk

I would welcome any help on getting the x support working, it is sort of
hard to use without it.

Robert


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Robert.Denham at dnr.qld.gov.au writes:
> I have a laptop with linux mandrake release 7.2 on it, and tried to install
> R-1.2.3 from source.  The configure script runs ok except it seems not to
> detect the right X headers and libraries, the configure script reports:
> checking for X (cached) .... no
                 !!!!!!!!

First, remove config.cache. Try again and look in config.log if it
still doesn''t work. The log should contain the exact command that
failed and the error message that caused configure to believe that X
is absent.

(You might also want to wait for 1.3.0 which if all goes well will be
released in a matter of hours from now...)

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