[R] Problem with X11

Rainer Schuermann
Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:50:19 -0000

Probably wrong list, but anyway:
Same problem here, after a
   apt-get dist-upgrade


On Tuesday, April 19, 2016 05:23:37 PM Lorenzo Isella
wrote:
> Dear All,
> I have never had this problem before. I run debian testing on my box
> and I have recently update my R environment.
> Now, see what happens when I try the most trivial of all plots
>
> > plot(seq(22))
> Error in (function (display = "", width, height, pointsize,
gamma, bg,
> :
>   X11 module cannot be loaded
>   In addition: Warning message:
>   In (function (display = "", width, height, pointsize, gamma,
bg,  :
>     unable to load shared object '/usr/lib/R/modules//R_X11.so':
>       /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0: version `PNG12_0' not
>       found (required by /usr/lib/R/modules//R_X11.so)
>
> and this is my sessionInfo()
>
> > sessionInfo()
> R version 3.2.4 Revised (2016-03-16 r70336)
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> Running under: Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid
>
> locale:
>  [1] LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8       LC_NUMERIC=C
>   [3] LC_TIME=en_GB.utf8        LC_COLLATE=en_GB.utf8
>    [5] LC_MONETARY=en_GB.utf8    LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8
>     [7] LC_PAPER=en_GB.utf8       LC_NAME=C
>      [9] LC_ADDRESS=C              LC_TELEPHONE=C
>      [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.utf8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
>
> Anybody understands what is going on here?
> Regards
>
> Lorenzo
>
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