[R] Error while installing gsubfn_0.6-4.tar.gz for R 2.15.1

[Divya Kakkillaya B]

Hi,
   I have installed the latest version of R (2.15.1). I have downloaded the tar file from the R CRAN website. The below mentioned problem exists with the latest version. Please help.

Regards,
Divya
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From: Gabor Grothendieck [ggrothendieck at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 6:31 PM
To: Divya Kakkillaya B
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Error while installing gsubfn_0.6-4.tar.gz for R 2.15.1

Sorry, I just double checked and the options statement should be:

options(gsubfn.engine = "R")

Again, I am not sure if that is sufficient given that there is clearly
something wrong with your version of R.

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Gabor Grothendieck
<ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have never seen that before. It has been independently verified that
> gsubfn works on Fedora Red Hat as you can see here:
>
> http://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_gsubfn.html
>
> The message about Tcl/Tk in your log suggests that there is something
> wrong with your version of R itself.  See FAQ2:
> http://code.google.com/p/gsubfn/#FAQs
>
> Given that its been independently verified to install properly on
> fedora red hat and that your log shows that your version of R is
> broken you may need to get a proper version of R.
>
> The following things may not be sufficient given the above but you
> could try it just in case:
>
> options(gsubfn.engine = FALSE)
> install.packages("gsubfn") # do NOT use dep=TRUE
>
> Let me know when you resolve it so we can add something to the FAQ.
>
> Regards.
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Divya Kakkillaya B
> <Divya_B08 at infosys.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>   I am getting the follwoing error while installing gsubfn_0.6-4.tar.gz library for R. R version is 2.15.1 and i am installing on Redhat linux version 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 (mockbuild at x86-002.build.bos.redhat.com<mailto:mockbuild at x86-002.build.bos.redhat.com>) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-50))
>>
>>
>>
>> * installing to library â/home/mapred/installables/R/libraryâ
>> * installing *source* package âgsubfnâ ...
>> ** package âgsubfnâ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>> ** R
>> ** demo
>> ** inst
>> ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
>> Warning: S3 methods â$.tclvarâ, â$<-.tclvarâ, âas.character.tclObjâ, âas.character.tclVarâ, âas.double.tclObjâ, âas.integer.tclObjâ, âas.logical.tclObjâ, âas.raw.tclObjâ, âprint.tclObjâ, â[[.tclArrayâ, â[[<-.tclArrayâ, â$.tclArrayâ, â$<-.tclArrayâ, ânames.tclArrayâ, ânames<-.tclArrayâ, âlength.tclArrayâ, âlength<-.tclArrayâ, âtclObj.tclVarâ, âtclObj<-.tclVarâ, âtclvalue.defaultâ, âtclvalue.tclObjâ, âtclvalue.tclVarâ, âtclvalue<-.defaultâ, âtclvalue<-.tclVarâ, âclose.tkProgressBarâ were declared in NAMESPACE but not found
>> Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'tcltk', details:
>>   call: fun(libname, pkgname)
>>   error: Tcl/Tk support is not available on this system
>> Error : package/namespace load failed for âtcltkâ
>> Error : unable to load R code in package âgsubfnâ
>> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package âgsubfnâ
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Divya
>>
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