R help - Jan 2012 - tcltk on linux/rhel6

Dear All,

I've seen posts to the effect that..
1) choose.dir is only available for windows, and
2) tk_choose.dir would be the linux equivalent.

I'm still having trouble with the subject package on linux/rhel6.

I've specified --with-tcltk during ./configure, and I still get the
response...
> install.packages("tcltk")
Installing package(s) into
?/home/cbaribault/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.14?
(as ?lib? is unspecified)
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
  package ?tcltk? is not available (for R version
2.14.1)
>
Also, I've installed both tcl and tk packages for linux.

Any help would be appreciated.

Best,
CB

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Carl Baribault <crlbrblt at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I've seen posts to the effect that..
> 1) choose.dir is only available for windows, and
> 2) tk_choose.dir would be the linux equivalent.
>
> I'm still having trouble with the subject package on linux/rhel6.
>
> I've specified --with-tcltk during ./configure, and I still get the
response...
>
>> install.packages("tcltk")
My understanding is that tcltk is included in the base installation
now. You should be able to load it using library(tcltk) without
explicitly installing it. You can install tcltk2 as an add-on package.

HTH

Peter