[R] tclk, tcltk

[Liaw, Andy]

>From NEWS of R-2.0.0:

    o   library() now checks the version dependence (if any) of
        required packages mentioned in the Depends: field of the
        DESCRIPTION file.

This is not done in R-1.9.1 and prior, I believe (or it wouldn't be in
NEWS).

Andy

> From: Jean Eid
> 
> Thanks to Brian. I was looking everywhere except the typo. I guess the
> previous build (1.9.1) ignored the dependece error.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> jean
> 
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> 
> > What is package `tclk'?  I think you have a typo somewhere 
> in your code.
> > At a guess you have
> >
> > Depends: tclk
> >
> > in a DESCRIPTION file for one of your packages.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Jean Eid wrote:
> >
> > > I have been having problems with these two 'libraries' 
> since I installed
> > > 2.0.0.
> > > I have built a package with couple of functions so that I 
> can load it at
> > > startup every time R is booted. The problem is that I 
> have the following
> > > error every time I call the library
> > >
> > > Loading required package: tclk
> > > Error: package 'tclk' could not be loaded
> > > In addition: Warning message:
> > > There is no package called 'tclk' in: library(pkg, 
> character.only = TRUE, logical = TRUE, lib.loc = lib.loc)
> > >
> > >
> > > However I can load tcltk library now (thanks to Dirk for 
> helping me with
> > > this). I can load the functions I have in the library and 
> everything works
> > > fine.
> > >
> > > I cannot find any information on this except the 
> following thread which
> > > was not resolved.
> > > http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/04/01/0410.html
> >
> > It was resolved, and in any case it was about installing 
> 64-bit Tcl/Tk on
> > Solaris, something that was (and is) covered in the R 
> Installation manual.
> >
> > > Any help or ideas are greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > P.S. what is the difference between tclk and tcltk? and 
> why calling the
> > > installed library is requiring tclk? I just made up a 
> dummy package with a
> > > function
> > >
> > > fun<-function(x) x^2
> > >
> > > just to test and the same thing happens (Loading required 
> package: tclk
> > > ...).
> > >
> > > This is on a Linux debian unstable with the kernel  
> 2.4.20-bf2.4-xfs
> >
> > --
> > Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> > Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
> > University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
> > 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
> > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
> >
> >
> 
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