How to solve the error “ missing required header GL/gl.h” while installing the Package mvoutlier in R?

Question

I am trying to install the package mvoutlier but following error occurs during installation:

install.packages(\"mvoutlier\")
configure: error: missi         


        

Answer 1

I ran into the same issue in between others on a Ubuntu based Linux distro (Linux Mint). Here I will share the worklog I'd done to fix it.

The full fix was:

apt-get install libx11-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev

Worklog

The first error was related to missing devel libraries of X11:

configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted.

I fixed it installing:

apt-get install libx11-dev

However, after fix the issue, I felt into a new one like this one:

configure: error: missing required header GL/gl.h ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rgl’

I checked the library on the repository:

# dpkg -S /usr/include/GL/gl.h dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/include/GL/gl.h

To fix this issue, install :

apt-get install mesa-common-dev

Then, I was prompt by a new error:

configure: error: missing required header GL/glu.h

To fix the issue, install the libglu1 devel libraries:

apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev