R help - May 2005 - 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

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 
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> -----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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