[R] tcltk package problems (R 2.2.0, SuSE 10)

[Katharine Mullen]

i also had a problem getting 2.2.0 to work with tcltk on SuSE 10.0...
and with compiling R from source on SuSE 10.0.

on getting tcltk to work:

i ended up taking source for tcl and tk from
http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/
and recompiling; once you unpack the tar.gz the install instructions are
in the directory /unix for both programs.  after that then

> capabilities()

shows tcltk is TRUE and it works fine.  i'm not sure if this was the
easiest solution, but it worked.

on getting SuSE 10 to compile R from source:  i was unable to use Yast to
get a fortran compiler and ended up recompiling gcc to include
gfortran from the source  (at e.g.
http://gcc.fyxm.net/releases/gcc-4.0.2/  )  if you want some more detailed
instructions feel free to mail me.

best regards and good luck.

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Katharine Mullen
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Faculty of Sciences
Vrije Universiteit
de Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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e-mail: kate at nat.vu.nl
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