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

[Albrecht Kauffmann]

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

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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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