[R] problems with R and tckl/tk on Mac OS X

[John Fox]

Dear Alex,

It's possible, though not clear from the original posting, that Ingo is
trying to install the Rcmdr package. If that's the case, then he might find
the installation instructions for Mac users at
<http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes.html>
helpful.

Regards,
 John

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John Fox
Department of Sociology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
905-525-9140x23604
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Alex Brown
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 8:48 AM
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] problems with R and tckl/tk on Mac OS X
> 
> I assume you are running MacOS X 10.4?
> 
> The Mac version of R does not require X11 or Tcl/TK since it 
> uses a separate GUI interface developed exclusively for the 
> Mac using native widgets and a quartz based graphing mechanism.
> 
> Try downloading the following binary installer which includes the gui
> interface:
> 
> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/R-2.3.1.dmg
> 
> -Alex Brown
> 
> On 29 Sep 2006, at 08:04, Ingo wrote:
> 
> 
> > Dear R-help team,
> > I am trying to run "R" on my Intel-based Mac.  I have installed R,
> > X11 and Tcl/TK (I thought), but the GUI doesn't run.  My system 
> > administrator doesn't support R and therefore, I'm a little 
> helpless.  
> > What can I do?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ingo
> >
> >
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> 
> On 29 Sep 2006, at 08:04, Ingo wrote:
> 
> > Dear R-help team,
> > I am trying to run "R" on my Intel-based Mac.  I have installed R,
> > X11 and Tcl/TK (I thought), but the GUI doesn't run.  My system 
> > administrator doesn't support R and therefore, I'm a little 
> helpless.  
> > What can I do?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ingo
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- 
> > guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, 
> > reproducible code.
> 
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