Because the official source is not as new as the latest version yet. On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 15:59 +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:51 PM, carol white <wht_...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > Thanks I ran your command but still get the same error message > when I run ./configure > > configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs > are not available > > > > If you are installing via apt-get, why do you have to > run ./configure? > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linlin Yan (颜林林) <yanlinli...@gmail.com> > To: carol white <wht_...@yahoo.com> > Cc: "r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch" <r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 3:41 PM > Subject: Re: [R] X11 problem > > In order to build R-2.13.1 from source with X11, I guess you > need to > install X11 develop library. Please try this: > sudo apt-get install libx11-dev > > On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 05:49 -0700, carol white wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. I used the following commands: > > sudo apt-get update > > sudo apt-get install r-base > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Kevin E. Thorpe <kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca> > > To: carol white <wht_...@yahoo.com> > > Cc: "r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch" <r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch> > > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:34 PM > > Subject: Re: [R] X11 problem > > > > On 08/25/2011 08:27 AM, carol white wrote: > > > Hello, > > > TO update R under Ubuntu on my macchine, I downloaded > R-2.13.1. When running ./configure, I got the following error > message: > > > > > > checking for X... no > > > configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 > headers/libs are not available > > > > > > > > > > > > But I could use X11() function in R-2-10. So where does > the problem come from? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Carol > > > > > > > It looks like you're compiling from source and your system > does not have > > the header files required installed. Did you compile your > previous > > version or use a pre-built (binary) package? A binary > package would not > > require the headers. > > > > I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know what the name of > packages you need > > for the headers. Typically the packages have the devel > versions > > separate, you you need those. > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible > code. > > > > > > -- > Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation > Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) > > Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology > Stellenbosch University > South Africa > > Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 > Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 > Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 > > Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 > > email: rai...@krugs.de > > Skype: RMkrug >
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