Dear Peter,
I don't know if this is the proper way to ask for help installing R, but if
not, I presume you can pass this on to the appropriate place.
I'm trying to install the latest binary on Redhat 9, and keep getting the
same
error message no matter what I try.
[root at localhost mhu]# rpm -i R-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm
warning: R-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 97d3544e
error: Failed dependencies:
libtcl8.3.so is needed by R-1.7.1-1
libtk8.3.so is needed by R-1.7.1-1
[root at localhost mhu]# exit
I actually found these two files in an obscure location on my computer, and
copied them to /usr/lib/ I also set my path to include the obscure location. SO
they are actually available. At least when I enter libtcl8.3.so it is
apparently read and a segmentation fault occurs.
So, do you have any suggestions about how to get around this problem. I
don't
know what else to do to make these routines available to the R install.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had no problem installing R on my MAC
OS 10.1.5.
Thank you very much,
Michael Huston
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 15:28, mahustonor at comcast.net wrote:> Dear Peter, > > I don't know if this is the proper way to ask for help installing R, but if > not, I presume you can pass this on to the appropriate place. > > I'm trying to install the latest binary on Redhat 9, and keep getting the same > error message no matter what I try. > > [root at localhost mhu]# rpm -i R-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm > warning: R-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 97d3544e > error: Failed dependencies: > libtcl8.3.so is needed by R-1.7.1-1 > libtk8.3.so is needed by R-1.7.1-1 > [root at localhost mhu]# exit > > I actually found these two files in an obscure location on my computer, and > copied them to /usr/lib/ I also set my path to include the obscure location. SO > they are actually available. At least when I enter libtcl8.3.so it is > apparently read and a segmentation fault occurs. > > So, do you have any suggestions about how to get around this problem. I don't > know what else to do to make these routines available to the R install. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had no problem installing R on my MAC > OS 10.1.5. > > Thank you very much, > > Michael Huston > Oak Ridge, TennesseeFirst, you have posted to r-help, which is an international e-mail list and the primary source of assistance with R. Since I now typically compile from source, I decided to remove my present installation of R and freshly install the RPM that Martyn has created on CRAN. I run RH 9 and have a clean and fully updated installation. The aforementioned tcl/tk files are in /usr/lib on my system. I installed the RPM without problem and then installed John Fox's Rcmdr to test the tcltk functionality. It works without problem. I also tested a tcl/tk function that I wrote and it works fine as well. If your above listed files were not in /usr/lib to start with, that may be (probably is) an indication that something is amiss in your tcl/tk installation. You may need to remove and reinstall tcl/tk. Also, I am unsure as to what you mean by "At least when I enter libtcl8.3.so it is apparently read and a segmentation fault occurs." Are you trying to execute it directly from the command line? .so files are shared libraries (akin to .DLLs in Windows). HTH, Marc Schwartz
mahustonor at comcast.net writes:> Dear Peter, > > I don't know if this is the proper way to ask for help installing R, but if > not, I presume you can pass this on to the appropriate place. > > I'm trying to install the latest binary on Redhat 9, and keep getting the same > error message no matter what I try. > > [root at localhost mhu]# rpm -i R-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm > warning: R-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 97d3544e > error: Failed dependencies: > libtcl8.3.so is needed by R-1.7.1-1 > libtk8.3.so is needed by R-1.7.1-1 > [root at localhost mhu]# exit > > I actually found these two files in an obscure location on my computer, and > copied them to /usr/lib/ I also set my path to include the obscure location. SO > they are actually available. At least when I enter libtcl8.3.so it is > apparently read and a segmentation fault occurs. > > So, do you have any suggestions about how to get around this problem. I don't > know what else to do to make these routines available to the R install. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had no problem installing R on my MAC > OS 10.1.5.Shuffling files about without telling RPM about it is not going to change anything. You need to *install the RPMs* that contain those files: [pd at fritz pd]$ rpm -qf /usr/lib/libtcl8.3.so tcl-8.3.5-88 [pd at fritz pd]$ rpm -qf /usr/lib/libtk8.3.so tk-8.3.5-88 Granted, that's easier to figure out when you have a system where they have alredy been installed, but it shouldn't be massively hard to guess that libtcl comes from tcl and libtk from tk... [When push comes to shove, go to your installation RPM directory and do something like "rpm -qlip *.rpm | less", search for the file name and flip back to the package description] -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907