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Michael Friendly

2006-Dec-11 22:20 UTC

[R-sig-Debian] updating rgl on debian stable

Running: R Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01), debian stable

I'm testing an application that uses rgl (installed with apt-get install 
r-cran-rgl)
but fails, at least partly because that application uses a more current 
version.
There is also a mysterious error msg from Xlib:

 > library(car)
 > library(rgl)
 > iris.mod <- lm(cbind(Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width, Petal.Length, 
Petal.Width) ~
+ Species, data=iris)
 > source("heplot.R")
 > source("heplot3d.R")
 > source("pairs.mlm.R")
 > heplot3d(iris.mod)
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
Error in ellipsoid(gmean, E, radius, col = last(col), label = "Error")
:
        could not find function "asEuclidean"
 >
 > capabilities()
    jpeg      png    tcltk      X11 http/ftp  sockets   libxml     fifo
    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
  cledit    iconv      NLS
    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
 > sessionInfo()
Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)
i386-pc-linux-gnu

attached base packages:
[1] "methods"   "stats"     "graphics" 
"grDevices" "utils"     "datasets"
[7] "base"

other attached packages:
      rgl       car
"0.64-13"   "1.2-0"

If I run example(rgl) alone, things sort of work (I get the volcano data 
displayed),
but I get the same Xlib: message:

 > example(rgl)
rgl> example(rgl.surface)
rgl.sr> data(volcano)
  ...
rgl.sr> rgl.clear()
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

rgl.sr> rgl.surface(x, z, y, color = col)


I obtained the most recent source package for rgl and tried to install it
directly, but this fails.  Any idea what I can do?  How can I tell what X
component is being looked for?

euclid:/tmp# R CMD INSTALL rgl_0.69.tar.gz
* Installing *source* package 'rgl' ...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for X... no
configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted.
ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rgl'

Is this what I need?
euclid:/tmp# aptitude search xfree86-dri
p   xfree86-driver-synaptics        - dummy package to upgrade to X.Org 
new modu
euclid:/tmp#


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Duncan Murdoch

2006-Dec-11 22:45 UTC

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[R-sig-Debian] updating rgl on debian stable

On 12/11/2006 5:20 PM, Michael Friendly wrote:> Running: R Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01), debian stable
> 
> I'm testing an application that uses rgl (installed with apt-get
install
> r-cran-rgl)
> but fails, at least partly because that application uses a more current 
> version.
> There is also a mysterious error msg from Xlib:
> 
>  > library(car)
>  > library(rgl)
>  > iris.mod <- lm(cbind(Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width, Petal.Length, 
> Petal.Width) ~
> + Species, data=iris)
>  > source("heplot.R")
>  > source("heplot3d.R")
>  > source("pairs.mlm.R")
>  > heplot3d(iris.mod)
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display
":0.0".
> Error in ellipsoid(gmean, E, radius, col = last(col), label =
"Error") :
>         could not find function "asEuclidean"
>  >
>  > capabilities()
>     jpeg      png    tcltk      X11 http/ftp  sockets   libxml     fifo
>     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
>   cledit    iconv      NLS
>     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
>  > sessionInfo()
> Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)
> i386-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] "methods"   "stats"     "graphics" 
"grDevices" "utils"     "datasets"
> [7] "base"
> 
> other attached packages:
>       rgl       car
> "0.64-13"   "1.2-0"
> 
> If I run example(rgl) alone, things sort of work (I get the volcano data 
> displayed),
> but I get the same Xlib: message:
> 
>  > example(rgl)
> rgl> example(rgl.surface)
> rgl.sr> data(volcano)
>   ...
> rgl.sr> rgl.clear()
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display
":0.0".
> 
> rgl.sr> rgl.surface(x, z, y, color = col)
> 
> 
> I obtained the most recent source package for rgl and tried to install it
> directly, but this fails.  Any idea what I can do?  How can I tell what X
> component is being looked for?
> 
> euclid:/tmp# R CMD INSTALL rgl_0.69.tar.gz
> * Installing *source* package 'rgl' ...
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for X... no
> configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted.
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
> ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rgl'
> 
> Is this what I need?
> euclid:/tmp# aptitude search xfree86-dri
> p   xfree86-driver-synaptics        - dummy package to upgrade to X.Org 
> new modu
> euclid:/tmp#
Hi Michael.

I'm not very familiar with the rgl setup on *nix.  However, I can tell 
you that the configure script was built by autoconf, and the test that 
is failing is this one from configure.ac:

   AC_PATH_X
   if test x$no_x == xyes ; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([X11 not found but required, configure aborted.])
   fi

Hopefully that means something to you, or to someone else on the list.

There is the usual option for you to supply your own path to X, via

X features:
   --x-includes=DIR    X include files are in DIR
   --x-libraries=DIR   X library files are in DIR

but I've no idea what would be appropriate for Debian, and I don't know 
what the "XFree86-DRI" extension is about.

Duncan Murdoch

Dirk Eddelbuettel

2006-Dec-12 02:06 UTC

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[R-sig-Debian] updating rgl on debian stable

On 11 December 2006 at 17:20, Michael Friendly wrote:
| Running: R Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01), debian stable
| 
| I'm testing an application that uses rgl (installed with apt-get install 
| r-cran-rgl)
| but fails, at least partly because that application uses a more current 
| version.
| There is also a mysterious error msg from Xlib:
| 
|  > library(car)
|  > library(rgl)
|  > iris.mod <- lm(cbind(Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width, Petal.Length, 
| Petal.Width) ~
| + Species, data=iris)
|  > source("heplot.R")
|  > source("heplot3d.R")
|  > source("pairs.mlm.R")
|  > heplot3d(iris.mod)
| Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
| Error in ellipsoid(gmean, E, radius, col = last(col), label =
"Error") :
|         could not find function "asEuclidean"
|  >
|  > capabilities()
|     jpeg      png    tcltk      X11 http/ftp  sockets   libxml     fifo
|     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
|   cledit    iconv      NLS
|     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
|  > sessionInfo()
| Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)
| i386-pc-linux-gnu
| 
| attached base packages:
| [1] "methods"   "stats"     "graphics" 
"grDevices" "utils"     "datasets"
| [7] "base"
| 
| other attached packages:
|       rgl       car
| "0.64-13"   "1.2-0"
| 
| If I run example(rgl) alone, things sort of work (I get the volcano data 
| displayed),
| but I get the same Xlib: message:
| 
|  > example(rgl)
| rgl> example(rgl.surface)
| rgl.sr> data(volcano)
|   ...
| rgl.sr> rgl.clear()
| Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
| 
| rgl.sr> rgl.surface(x, z, y, color = col)
| 
| 
| I obtained the most recent source package for rgl and tried to install it
| directly, but this fails.  Any idea what I can do?  How can I tell what X
| component is being looked for?
| 
| euclid:/tmp# R CMD INSTALL rgl_0.69.tar.gz
| * Installing *source* package 'rgl' ...
| checking for gcc... gcc
| checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
| checking whether the C compiler works... yes
| checking whether we are cross compiling... no
| checking for suffix of executables...
| checking for suffix of object files... o
| checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
| checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
| checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
| checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
| checking for X... no
| configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted.
| ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
| ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rgl'
| 
| Is this what I need?
| euclid:/tmp# aptitude search xfree86-dri
| p   xfree86-driver-synaptics        - dummy package to upgrade to X.Org 
| new modu
| euclid:/tmp#

Most likely, you need more. Fortunately, this is easy.  Use apt-get and say

	$ apt-get build-dep r-cran-rgl

which should install the missing the pieces (x11 headers and all that). 

Hth, Dirk

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