Package rtiff build failure report

Build errors
ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rtiff'
Build output
* checking for file 'rtiff/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'rtiff':
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* cleaning src
* removing junk files
* checking for LF line-endings in source files
* checking for empty directories
* building binary distribution
* Installing *source* package 'rtiff' ...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for TIFFOpen in -ltiff... no
Error: Could not find libtiff.
** Removing '/private/tmp/Rinst.8919/rtiff'
ERROR
* installation failed