[R-SIG-Mac] Re: [R] tcl/tk problem

[Rob J Goedman]

Hi Jennifer,

You need to start X11 before loading tcltk.

Rob


On Apr 27, 2005, at 3:57 PM, Jennifer Skene wrote:

> I have JUST started using R.  I am using R 2.0.1 on a mac (os x) to  
> run another program (called GRASPER, Generalized Regression Analysis  
> and Spatial Prediction for R).  When I try to run Grasper, I get an  
> error for tcl/tk:
>
>>  library(grasper)
> Loading required package: mgcv
> This is mgcv 1.1-8
> Loading required package: MASS
> Loading required package: tcltk
> 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
>
>
> However, tcl/tk appears to be there:
>
>>  capabilities()
>     jpeg      png    tcltk      X11    GNOME     libz http/ftp  sockets
>     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
>   libxml     fifo   cledit  IEEE754    bzip2     PCRE
>     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
>
> Does anyone know of a solution to this?
>
> Thanks,
> Jennifer Skene
>
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