[R] problem with RGtk

David Winsemius dwinsemius at comcast.net
Fri Feb 19 08:02:46 CET 2010


On Feb 18, 2010, at 11:32 PM, Wincent wrote:

> Have you tried install GTK2 manually first?
> It can be downloaded from http://r.research.att.com/gtk2-runtime.dmg
>

That is for Tiger builds.

> HTH
>
> Ronggui
>
> On 19 February 2010 10:02, Anna Oganyan  
> <aoganyan at georgiasouthern.edu>wrote:
>
>> Dear List,
>> I would like to ask about package RGtk2 with which I have a problem.
>> I will very much appreciate if somebody could tell me what I need  
>> to do.
>> I need to install a  package scdMicro and it depends on  
>> gWidgetsRGtk2.
>> I am working on MAC, version 10.5.8.
>> When I try to load gWidgetsRGtk2 (or RGtk2), it asks me:
>> "Instal GTK+?"
>>
>> I installed Gtk+ from CRAN, and added a path:
>>
>> export PATH=$PATH:/Library/Frameworks/GTK+.framework/Resources/bin
>>
>> But next time I try to load gWidgetsRGtk2 (or RGtk2), I get the same
>> message: "Instal GTK+?"
>>
>> Below I included the error message I got.
>>
>> __________________________________________________________________________________
>> Loading required package: gWidgetsRGtk2
>> Loading required package: gWidgets
>> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>> unable to load shared library
>> '/Users/aoganyan/Library/R/2.10/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/RGtk2.so':
>> dlopen(/Users/aoganyan/Library/R/2.10/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/ 
>> RGtk2.so,
>> 6): Library not loaded:
>> /Library/Frameworks/GTK+.framework/Resources/lib/libgtk- 
>> x11-2.0.0.dylib
>> Referenced from:
>> /Users/aoganyan/Library/R/2.10/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/RGtk2.so
>> Reason: Incompatible library version: RGtk2.so requires version  
>> 1801.0.0
>> or later, but libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib provides version 1401.0.0
>> In addition: Warning message:
>> In fun(...) : couldn't connect to display "/tmp/launch-WrMGBi/:0"
>> Failed to load RGtk2 dynamic library, attempting to install it.
>> Error in if (choice == 1) { : argument is of length zero
>> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'RGtk2'
>> Error: package 'gWidgetsRGtk2' could not be loaded
>> starting httpd help server ... done
>> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>> unable to load shared library
>> '/Users/aoganyan/Library/R/2.10/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/RGtk2.so':
>> dlopen(/Users/aoganyan/Library/R/2.10/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/ 
>> RGtk2.so,
>> 6): Library not loaded:
>> /Library/Frameworks/GTK+.framework/Resources/lib/libgtk- 
>> x11-2.0.0.dylib
>> Referenced from:
>> /Users/aoganyan/Library/R/2.10/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/RGtk2.so
>> Reason: Incompatible library version: RGtk2.so requires version  
>> 1801.0.0
>> or later, but libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib provides version 1401.0.0
>> Failed to load RGtk2 dynamic library, attempting to install it.
>> Error in if (choice == 1) { : argument is of length zero
>> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'RGtk2'
>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'gWidgetsRGtk2'
>> Error in structure(.External("dotTcl", ..., PACKAGE = "tcltk"),  
>> class =
>> "tclObj") :
>> [tcl] invalid command name "option".
>>
>> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'gWidgetstcltk'
>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'gWidgetstcltk'
>> Loading required package: proto
>> Loading required package: filehash
>> Error: package 'filehash' could not be loaded
>> In addition: Warning message:
>> In library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE,  
>> lib.loc =
>> lib.loc) :
>> there is no package called 'filehash'
>> Loading required package: gWidgetsRGtk2
>> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>> unable to load shared library
>> '/Users/aoganyan/Library/R/2.10/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/RGtk2.so':
>> dlopen(/Users/aoganyan/Library/R/2.10/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/ 
>> RGtk2.so,
>> 6): Library not loaded:
>> /Library/Frameworks/GTK+.framework/Resources/lib/libgtk- 
>> x11-2.0.0.dylib
>> Referenced from:
>> /Users/aoganyan/Library/R/2.10/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/RGtk2.so
>> Reason: Incompatible library version: RGtk2.so requires version  
>> 1801.0.0
>> or later, but libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib provides version 1401.0.0
>> Failed to load RGtk2 dynamic library, attempting to install it.
>> Error in if (choice == 1) { : argument is of length zero
>> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'RGtk2'
>> Error: package 'gWidgetsRGtk2' could not be loaded
>>
>> _______________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much in advance. I will appreciate very much any
>> suggestions.
>>
>> Anna Ogan
>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Wincent Ronggui HUANG
> Doctoral Candidate
> Dept of Public and Social Administration
> City University of Hong Kong
> http://asrr.r-forge.r-project.org/rghuang.html
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