[BioC] Can't install tcl/tk on Mac OS 10.3.7

[stefano iacus]

Hi,
you should install the tcltk (apple) package that comes with the R for 
Mac OS X installer. In the R for Mac OS X Faq it is written that you 
need to have a copy of X11-tcltk to run tcltk R package.
the AquaTclTk is not compatible at the moment with the R GUI.
So
1. install (X11)tcltk that comes with the installer
2. run R
3. run the X11 windows server (either from the R toolbar or from your 
Applications folder)
4. library(tcltk)

as for 3. : in some cases X11 window server is not installed on your 
hard disk, but you can find it in the install CDs of Mac OS X in all 
distributions of OS X 10.3

stefano

On Jan 15, 2005, at 3:43 AM, Sam Volchenboum wrote:

> I just did a fresh install of R 2.0.1 on my Powerbook 867 running a
> fresh 10.3.7 install. The R installation went fine.
>
> I then tried installing the Bioconductor packages.
>
> When I tried to install widgetTools, I got a tcl/tk error.
>
> And when I tried
>
> library(tcltk)
>
> , I got:
>
> 	Error in fun(...) : Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following
> directories:
> 	    /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4 /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4
> 	This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.
> 	Error: .onLoad failed in loadNamespace for 'tcltk'
> 	Error in library(tcltk) : package/namespace load failed for 'tcltk'
>
> So, I downloaded a fresh distribution of Tcl/Tk
> (TclTkAquaBI-8.4.9.0.dmg) and installed it. I copied the init.tcl
> library to /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4 (which I had to create).
>
> Then I tried again:
>
> library(tcltk)
>
> and got
>
> 	Error in fun(...) : this isn't a Tk applicationcouldn't connect to
> display ":0"
> 	Error: .onLoad failed in loadNamespace for 'tcltk'
> 	Error in library(tcltk) : package/namespace load failed for 'tcltk'
>
> I also have downloaded the most recent xcode and XDarwin. But this has
> not helped.
>
> If anyone has this working on Mac OS X with R 2.0.1, please enlighten
> me.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sam
>
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