[R] installing R and Rcmdr onMacOS 10.3.9

[Rob J Goedman]

Hi John,

It does work on my Mac. I'm helping Karla to get it running on hers.

Rob


On May 23, 2005, at 11:32 AM, John Fox wrote:

> Dear Karla,
>
> It's likely that you don't have Tcl/Tk installed on your Mac.
>
> I know that it's possible to get the Rcmdr working on a Mac, but  
> that doing
> so requires some additional steps. I'm not a Mac user, so I'm  
> afraid that I
> can't be of much direct help. If someone who's using the Rcmdr on a  
> Mac is
> willing to prepare notes about how to get it installed and working,  
> I'd
> gladly post them on my web site.
>
> Regards,
>  John
>
> --------------------------------
> John Fox
> Department of Sociology
> McMaster University
> Hamilton, Ontario
> Canada L8S 4M4
> 905-525-9140x23604
> http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
> --------------------------------
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Karla Van  
>> Meter
>> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 11:43 AM
>> To: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> Subject: [R] installing R and Rcmdr onMacOS 10.3.9
>>
>> I have been trying to install the new, patched R 2.1.0a along
>> with the Rcmdr on my mac. I got the basic R package
>> installed, but in Project Manager, the tcltk package will not  
>> install.
>>
>>   When I downloaded the Rcmdr binary package from the
>> Berkeley site, it did not show up on the package installer
>> list until a second attempt, but it still does not show up on
>> the package manager list.
>>
>> On the package manager list, the tcltk package is listed as
>> ''not installed'. When I click on it to install, it won't. I tried  
>> the
>> library(tcltk) command, which failed.
>>
>> The following is the output from the last command:
>>
>>
>>> library(Rcmdr)
>>>
>> Loading required package: tcltk
>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local),
>> as.logical(now)) :
>>     unable to load shared library
>> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/tcltk/libs/
>> tcltk.so':
>>    dlcompat: dyld: /Applications/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R can't open
>> library: /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib  (No such file or
>> directory, errno = 2)
>> Error: .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'tcltk'
>> Error: package 'tcltk' could not be loaded  > library(tcltk)
>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local),
>> as.logical(now)) :
>>     unable to load shared library
>> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/tcltk/libs/
>> tcltk.so':
>>    dlcompat: dyld: /Applications/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R can't open
>> library: /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib  (No such file or
>> directory, errno = 2)
>> Error: .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'tcltk'
>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'tcltk'
>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I am NOT a developer, but an application-oriented grad student.
>>
>> I'd appreciate any help that will make Rcmdr work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Karla Van Meter
>> tel: 707.765.0420
>> net: kcvanmeter at ucdavis.edu
>>
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