Thanks for responding.  Here's the sessionInfo() output from the R terminal:

> sessionInfo()
R version 2.9.1 (2009-06-26)
i386-pc-mingw32

locale:
LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United
States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United
States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] abind_1.1-0

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_2.9.1

As far as downloading the dependencies, I got the GTK+ all-in-one bundle
from this url: http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html.  I got the Q16 dll
download of ImageMagick from this url:
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows.  I followed
the installation instructions for Windows from this url:
http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/EBImage/inst/doc/EBImage-installation.pdf.
I had some difficulty with ImageMagick which were solved by installing Visual
C++ 2008 Redistributable Package
(x86)<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2>as
suggested on ImageMagick download page.

Besides the gtk system variable i mentioned in my original email, I also
have a system variable entitled path whose value is very long.  it begins
with

C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.5.5-Q16;C:\Program
Files\SAS\SharedFiles\Formats;C:\Program Files\SSH_SCP;C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded
Program Files;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;

and continues.  i did not see any mention of gtk in this path.

Patrick


On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Wolfgang Huber <whuber@embl.de> wrote:

> Dear Patrick
>
> thank you for your feedback. Can you please provide the output
> sessionInfo()?
>
> Did you make sure to follow the instructions in Section 3 of the vignette
> 'EBImage installation' and in particular on where to download these add-on
> libraries and which versions to use?
>
>          Best wishes
>              Wolfgang
>
> Patrick Zimmerman wrote:
>
>> I have had a problem loading the EBImage package which seems to be tied to
>> gtk.
>>
>> I am using Windows XP, and I have sucessfully installed gtk and
>> Imagemagick.  Both programs run on their own.  I also (apparently) have
>> successfully installed EBImage because the R terminal printed this
>> message:
>>
>> package 'EBImage' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>
>> The downloaded packages are in
>>    C:\Documents and Settings\plzimmerman\Local
>> Settings\Temp\RtmpifIost\downloaded_packages
>> updating HTML package descriptions
>>
>> the problem arises just when i attempt to load the library.  i use
>> library(EBImage), and receive the following message, not from the R
>> terminal, but from a dialog box.  Across the banner of the box, it reads:
>> "100% downloaded: Rterm.exe - Unable To Locate Component".  Inside the
>> box,
>> it reads: "This application has failed to start because
>> libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll was not found.  Re-installing the application may
>> fix
>> this problem."
>>
>> I have gtk installed right on my C drive, and i have located the file in
>> question.  It's address is: C:\gtk\bin\libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll.  This seems
>> like an address that should not present any problem, i.e. no spaces or
>> anything.  I have also checked to see if i had any path issues.  on my
>> computer, i go to system properties - environment variables - system
>> variables.  there is a variable named gtk whose value is C:\gtk\bin.
>>
>> Any advice will be appreciated.
>>
>> Patrick Zimmerman
>> USDA Forest Service STEP Employee
>> Univ of MN School of Statistics Graduate Student
>>
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