[R] R unable to run on Mac OS 10.4 Tiger

[Guillaume Chapron]

Dear all,

Thanks for the reply, I solved the issue last night. It appears it is 
was a problem with quicktime library. When I installed Tiger, I dragged 
my Panther quicktime plugin and this was not a good idea. R did not work 
(whatever version) in GUI, but would work in the terminal. I restarted 
the machine and the R would work as GUI, with this error message (at 
least this one, and many times):

2005-05-24 18:42:25.919 R[316] CFLog (21): Error loading 
/Library/QuickTime/DivX 5.component/Contents/MacOS/DivX 5:  error code 
4, error number 0 (Library not loaded: /Library/Application 
Support/DivXNetworks/liblame3.92.dylib
   Referenced from: /Library/QuickTime/DivX 
5.component/Contents/MacOS/DivX 5
   Reason: image not found)

I installed DivX stuff and I now get only this message:

2005-05-25 09:16:31.332 R[4042] CFLog (21): Error loading 
/Library/QuickTime/LiveType.component/Contents/MacOS/LiveType:  error 
code 4, error number 0 (Library not loaded: 
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LiveType.framework/Versions/A/LiveType
   Referenced from: 
/Library/QuickTime/LiveType.component/Contents/MacOS/LiveType
   Reason: image not found)

I suppose i will have to reinstall quicktime 7 and things will be OK. 
But I don't understand why R does need quicktime ??

Thanks
Guillaume

> Hi Guillaume,
> 
> There is a R-SIG-Mac alias where many of these questions are being  
> addressed.
> 
> The most likely reason is that you have a .RData file around that its  
> trying to load.
> It might be missing a library or trying to connect to X11.
> 
> Can you check for that 1st in a terminal window (ls -lia). Finder  does 
> not show .xxx files.
> If you reply to me, we can take it from there or switch to R-Sig-Mac.
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> On May 24, 2005, at 9:05 AM, Guillaume Chapron wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> I'm running a PB G4 with Mac OS 10.4.1. I have downloaded the  latest 
>> version R-2.1.0a.dmg. It appears that R does not work. It  launches 
>> itself, but the window never gets ready, there is written  "Loading 
>> R..." and a small progress wheel keeps turning indefinitely.
>> Could someone help or suggest something?
>> THANKS !!
>> Guillaume
>>
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