[R] Why can't I make use of tcltk in this installation?

[peter dalgaard]

You may need to consult the R-sig-debian list, rather than R-help.

Offhand, I would expect that you need Tcl libraries, Tk libraries and the associated -devel or -dev packages. Notice that although they are designed to work together, Tcl and Tk are two separate entities, so searching for tcltk may not suffice.

-pd

> On 10 Sep 2018, at 12:37 , Albrecht Kauffmann <alkauffm using fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> did you give the compiler path instructions to tclConfig.sh and tkConfig.sh , as
> 
> ../R-3.5.1/configure  --with-tcl-config=/usr/lib64/tclConfig.sh --with-tk-config=/usr/lib64/tkConfig.sh
> 
> ?
> 
> Best,
> Albrecht
> 
> -- 
>  Albrecht Kauffmann
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> 
> Am Mo, 10. Sep 2018, um 10:54, schrieb Patrick Connolly:
>>> sessionInfo()
>> R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23)
>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>> Running under: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
>> 
>> Matrix products: default
>> BLAS: /home/pat/local/R-3.5.0/lib/libRblas.so
>> LAPACK: /home/pat/local/R-3.5.0/lib/libRlapack.so
>> 
>> locale:
>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C              
>> [3] LC_TIME=en_NZ.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_NZ.UTF-8    
>> [5] LC_MONETARY=en_NZ.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_NZ.UTF-8   
>> [7] LC_PAPER=en_NZ.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                 
>> [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C            
>> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_NZ.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       
>> 
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] utils     stats     grDevices graphics  methods   base     
>> 
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] lattice_0.20-35
>> 
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] Rcpp_0.12.17     dplyr_0.7.6      assertthat_0.2.0 grid_3.5.0      
>> [5] R6_2.2.2         magrittr_1.5     pillar_1.2.3     rlang_0.2.1     
>> [9] bindrcpp_0.2.2   tools_3.5.0      glue_1.2.0       purrr_0.2.5     
>> [13] compiler_3.5.0   pkgconfig_2.0.1  bindr_0.1.1      tidyselect_0.2.4
>> [17] tibble_1.4.2    
>>> capabilities()
>>       jpeg         png        tiff       tcltk         X11        aqua 
>>       TRUE        TRUE        TRUE       FALSE        TRUE       FALSE 
>>   http/ftp     sockets      libxml        fifo      cledit       iconv 
>>       TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE       FALSE        TRUE 
>>        NLS     profmem       cairo         ICU long.double     libcurl 
>>       TRUE       FALSE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE 
>>> 
>> 
>> If I try to load tcltk, no surprise...
>> 
>>> require(tcltk)
>> Loading required package: tcltk
>> Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘tcltk’:
>> .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'tcltk', details:
>>  call: fun(libname, pkgname)
>>  error: Tcl/Tk support is not available on this system
>> Warning message:
>> S3 methods ‘as.character.tclObj’, ‘as.character.tclVar’, 
>> ‘as.double.tclObj’, ‘as.integer.tclObj’, ‘as.logical.tclObj’, 
>> ‘as.raw.tclObj’, ‘print.tclObj’, ‘[[.tclArray’, ‘[[<-.tclArray’, 
>> ‘$.tclArray’, ‘$<-.tclArray’, ‘names.tclArray’, ‘names<-.tclArray’, 
>> ‘length.tclArray’, ‘length<-.tclArray’, ‘tclObj.tclVar’, 
>> ‘tclObj<-.tclVar’, ‘tclvalue.default’, ‘tclvalue.tclObj’, 
>> ‘tclvalue.tclVar’, ‘tclvalue<-.default’, ‘tclvalue<-.tclVar’, 
>> ‘close.tkProgressBar’ were declared in NAMESPACE but not found 
>>> 
>> 
>> The question is:  What do I have to do to get Tcl/Tk support?
>> From the bash prompt:
>>> aptitude search tcltk
>> p   hfsutils-tcltk             - Tcl/Tk interfaces for reading and 
>> writing Macintosh volumes 
>> p   hfsutils-tcltk:i386        - Tcl/Tk interfaces for reading and 
>> writing Macintosh volumes 
>> p   libtcltk-ruby              - Tcl/Tk interface for Ruby           
>> p   libtcltk-ruby1.9.1         - Tcl/Tk interface for Ruby 1.9.1
>> p   libtcltk-ruby1.9.1:i386    - Tcl/Tk interface for Ruby 1.9.1
>> p   r-cran-tcltk2              - GNU R package for Tcl/Tk additions 
>> p   ruby2.0-tcltk              - Ruby/Tk for Ruby 2.0
>> p   ruby2.0-tcltk:i386         - Ruby/Tk for Ruby 2.0  
>> 
>> That's the same as what I get on another computer on which tcktl is
>> available, so it didn't surprise me when installing the r-cran-tcktl
>> package didn't help.
>> 
>> Where else should I be looking for a difference?
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>> 
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