RStudio aborts session when using rgl package

Question

I am working with an 8 year old machine with Lubuntu 16.04.02. For some odd reason I couldn't install R the usual way so I compiled it and installed it from source. Here is my configure file command:

./configure --enable-R-shlib --with-blas --with-lapack --with-x=yes --enable-BLAS-shlib --with-tcltk

From terminal I can run with no problems

ejam@ejam:~/Documents/3ATD$ R

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> library(rgl)
> open3d()
glX 
  1 
> x <- sort(rnorm(1000))
> y <- sort(rnorm(1000))
> z <- sort(rnorm(1000))+atan2(x,y)
> plot3d(x,y,z,col=rainbow(1000))
> 

However, when I try to run it in RStudio, the session is immediately aborted. It shows a message similar to the one shown here: R rgl Package crashes Rstudio

My R session log looks like:

R version 3.4.1 (2017-06-30)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS

Matrix products: default
LAPACK: /usr/local/lib/R/lib/libRlapack.so

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C               LC_TIME=es_MX.UTF-8       
 [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8     LC_MONETARY=es_MX.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8   
 [7] LC_PAPER=es_MX.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                  LC_ADDRESS=C              
[10] LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=es_MX.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_3.4.1 tools_3.4.1   

Any help is appreciated.

EDIT 1:

I ran from terminal

$ gdb
(gdb) file rstudio

From the opened RStudio window, I typed

> library(rgl)
> open3d()

The session aborts immediately.

The terminal shows

Starting program: /usr/bin/rstudio 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7fffeac19700 (LWP 4288)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdc7c7700 (LWP 4289)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdbfc6700 (LWP 4290)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdb7c5700 (LWP 4291)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdafc4700 (LWP 4292)]
[Thread 0x7fffdafc4700 (LWP 4292) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffdafc4700 (LWP 4319)]
[New Thread 0x7fffda7c3700 (LWP 4321)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd94d1700 (LWP 4325)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd8cd0700 (LWP 4326)]
[New Thread 0x7fff82026700 (LWP 4328)]
[New Thread 0x7fff81825700 (LWP 4329)]
load glyph failed err=6 face=0x1103500, glyph=2797
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
load glyph failed err=6 face=0x1103500, glyph=2797
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
[Thread 0x7fffdb7c5700 (LWP 4291) exited]
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile

Answer 1

I think the problem is more general. I tried several examples from several nonstandard R libraries (I mean the libraries that do not come by default in R) such as 'rgl', 'kernlab' and 'TDA'. The funny thing is that I could flawlessly run these examples from terminal.

I admit I had some troubles trying to add the " --enable-BLAS-shlib" flag while configuring R source. I've recompiled R without such flag and RStudio now works as it should.