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List:       r-sig-debian
Subject:    Re: [R-sig-Debian] configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are not available
From:       "Srinivasan, Sathish  K" <SSrinivasan () med ! miami ! edu>
Date:       2013-03-22 19:04:31
Message-ID: 4EB41664F8279A4CA870A740E038CFEA4A73DD2C6E () MEDEXMB05 ! ad ! med ! miami ! edu
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No problem Dirk :)

Have a good one.
Thanks for chiming in.
-Sathish
_______________________________________
From: Dirk Eddelbuettel [edd@debian.org]
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 2:42 PM
To: Srinivasan, Sathish  K
Cc: Dirk Eddelbuettel; r-sig-debian@r-project.org
Subject: RE: [R-sig-Debian] configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 \
headers/libs are not available

On 22 March 2013 at 14:19, Srinivasan, Sathish  K wrote:
> Hi Dirk,
> Thanks for the reply.
> I read the link for pre-builds before I posted an email. However, I did not know \
> the way to configure the installation directory using apt-get utility. This is the \
> only reason, why I chose to build and compile the source package where I can \
> configure the installation directory using --prefix option or by passing the \
> directory name to the make command. Do have any suggestion for it please? I mean, \
> if you use apt-get install, it will override the previous installation of R, right? \
> My requirement is to hold onto 2 different versions of R in my system.

Sorry, this list supports the packages a few of us provide, pro-bono and in
our spare time.  We can't do extra free consulting.  You'll need to work
this out.

And yes, it's not hard if you know the details, but I don't have the time or
bandwidth to teach you. Maybe there is a local user group you can tap into.

Otherwise, R itself gives you an entire manual entitled 'R Installation and
Adminstration'.  All this is documented.

Sorry, Dirk


> 
> Also, this is the first time, I used build-dep feature of apt-get utility, so I \
> have no prior knowledge of building packages for debian.
> 
> In one of the stackoverflow answers, \
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8343686/how-to-install-2-different-r-versions-on-debian \
> , you mentioned about "local debian build". What is it actually means? You refered \
> diff.gz in your following answers. Could you please expound on it in detail or \
> provide some reading links for it, if possible.
> 
> -Sathish
> ________________________________________
> From: Dirk Eddelbuettel [edd@debian.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 1:46 PM
> To: Srinivasan, Sathish  K
> Cc: r-sig-debian@r-project.org
> Subject: [R-sig-Debian] configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 \
> headers/libs are not available
> 
> On 21 March 2013 at 23:56, Srinivasan, Sathish  K wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > I am trying to install R.2.15.3 from the source code obtained from \
> > http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/src/base/R-2/R-2.15.3.tar.gz  in my Debian version: \
> > Squeeze box.
> 
> That should exist pre-build.  Did you read
> 
> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/
> 
> and indeed
> 
> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/squeeze-cran/
> 
> contains 2.15.3 for squeeze.
> 
> > In order to have multiple versions of R in my system, I gave this command to \
> > configure.
> > 
> > ./configure --prefix=/opt/R2.15.3/
> > 
> > Subsequently, I got two warnings and one error message such as the following:
> > 
> > configure: WARNING: you cannot build PDF versions of the R manuals
> > configure: WARNING: you cannot build PDF versions of vignettes and help pages
> > configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are not available
> > 
> > Could someone direct me with a solution to the above issues. From the error \
> > messages, I can understand that I am not having the required X11 headers/libs, so \
> > what packages in debian squeeze should I have to install for the error messages \
> > to disappear during compilation of R source code.
> 
> Tim already helped you with this. In essence, you just misread the error message.
> 
> But you should not have to build this by hand unless you really need to (and
> know how to).
> 
> Dirk
> 
> --
> Dirk Eddelbuettel | edd@debian.org | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com

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