Bug 177847

Summary:	dev-lang/R modules require media-libs/gd
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Neil <nshephard>
Component:	[OLD] Development	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED DUPLICATE
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Neil 2007-05-09 19:10:17 UTC

The statistical language dev-lang/R has a number of add-on modules (see CRAN at http://cran.r-project.org/). One of these modules called GDD allows users to create graphics on a headless server (i.e. without starting and X device to display graphics, but requires media-libs/gd to compile.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. # emerge dev-lang/R                # Emerge R
2. # R                                # Start R
3. > install.packages("GDD")          # Install the GDD package, select an 
                                      # appropriate mirror



Actual Results:  
config of GDD fails as gdlib-config can't be found.

Expected Results:  
Should compile and install.

Emerge media-libs/gd and then repeat steps 1-3 above and the GDD package installs.  This is with R-2.5.0 .

I realise its tricky to resolve this because GDD is outside of portage, but perhaps an apporiate USE flag could be available?

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-09 19:13:08 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 177846 ***