[R] Tkrplot works not

Duncan Murdoch dmurdoch at pair.com
Thu May 22 14:38:34 CEST 2003


On Thu, 22 May 2003 13:57:41 +0200, you wrote:

>
>Hi,
>
>I've spent some time in programming R - tcl/tk. 
>Today I've updated my R version from 1.6.2 to 1.7.0. 
>My programm stops now with two error-messages: 
>(How could it be, two errors? The command "stop" produces an error but does really stop
>the programm after it, isn't it?)
>
>> Loading required package: tcltk 
>> Error in structure(.External("dotTcl", ..., PACKAGE = "tcltk"), class = "tclObj") : 
>>         [tcl] couldn't load library "C:/Programme/R/library/tkrplot/libs/tkrplot.dll": 
>> 		this library or a dependent library could not be found in library path.
>> Error in library(tkrplot) : .First.lib failed
>
>The library tkrplot is installed! I used it under version 1.6.2 several times.
>
>In the "Windows-specific changes to R" on CRAN I've seen that:
>
>"Tcl/Tk 8.4.1 is bundled in rw1070.exe.  You can still use your own
>installation of Tcl/Tk: see the rw-FAQ."
>
>So, I uninstall my tcl-version. But there are still the same errors.  
>
>Why couldn't R load the tkrplot-library?

Did you re-install it after the upgrade to 1.7.0?  It might be there
were some changes necessary.  I'd suggest reinstalling it from CRAN,
and you'll get the appropriate version.

I just tried this in the 1.7.0 patched version, and everything worked
fine.

Duncan Murdoch




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