[R] Playwith-problem with loading

[jverzani]

Fencl, Martin <Martin.Fencl <at> eawag.ch> writes:

> 
> Helllo,
> I am having trouble with running the library Playwith in the R-2.12.0. running
under 32bit Windows XP.
> After calling the library the error message "The procedure entry point
gdk_cairo_reset_clip could not
> be located in the dynamic library libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll." occurs and the R
asks for instaling the GTK+
> package. However the instalation of GTK+ thorugh the R fails. I have installed
GTK+ by installing GIMP 2.0
> version 2.6.10 and set the path of environment variables. But it still does
not work. It seems to be that the
> problem is in gtk2 (which I also installed).
> Thank you for any hints!
> 
> > library(playwith)
> Loading required package: lattice
> Loading required package: cairoDevice
> Loading required package: gWidgetsRGtk2
> Loading required package: gWidgets
> Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) : 
>   unable to load shared object
'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-212~1.0/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/RGtk2.dll':
>   LoadLibrary failure:  The specified procedure could not be found.

This is an issue that has arisen with the new RGtk2 package. For most (but not
all) the solution has been to a) remove the current gtk libraries b) install the
newest ones from sourceforge and c) reinstall RGtk2. For you, it may be that you
need only to set the path appropriately. 


> 
> Failed to load RGtk2 dynamic library, attempting to install it.
> trying URL
'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtk-win/gtk2-runtime-2.22.0-2010-10-21-ash.exe?download'
> Content type 'application/x-msdos-program' length 7820679 bytes (7.5 Mb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 7.5 Mb
> 
> Learn more about GTK+ at http://www.gtk.org
> If the package still does not load, please ensure that GTK+ is installed and
that it is on your PATH
> environment variable
> IN ANY CASE, RESTART R BEFORE TRYING TO LOAD THE PACKAGE AGAIN
> Error : .onAttach failed in attachNamespace() for 'gWidgetsRGtk2', details:
>   call: .Call(name, ..., PACKAGE = PACKAGE)
>   error: C symbol name "S_gtk_icon_factory_new" not in DLL for package "RGtk2"
> Error: package 'gWidgetsRGtk2' could not be loaded
> > 
> 
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