Hi, I am trying to compile R (R-project.org) on Suse. I was doing it hundred of times on different systems but this time there is a problem I don't know how to cope with. ./configure produces the following error message: checking whether C runtime needs -D__NO_MATH_INLINES... no checking for xmkmf... /usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf configure: WARNING: I could not determine FPICFLAGS. configure: error: See the file doc/html/R-admin.html for more information. A search for this message gives a few hits but the answer is that not R but the system (suse) is "broken". I think the same because I have never seen this error before. Maybe some packages for X11 development. It's a bit unfortunate that there is no selection like X11 development in the yast installer. Help is highly appreciated. Kind regards Eryk