[R] [R-SIG-Mac] problem with the installation of r commander on a mac
Milan Bouchet-Valat
nalimilan at club.fr
Wed Jun 12 23:27:27 CEST 2013
Le mercredi 12 juin 2013 à 16:52 -0400, John Fox a écrit :
> Dear Susanne,
>
> You started this thread on r-help (though R-SIG-Mac would have been more
> appropriate), and so I'm copying my response to the r-help list. People will
> find it confusing if the messages are simply kept private.
>
> It's not obvious to me exactly what your problem is now. In particular, is
> the Rcmdr package working when you start XQuartz before R?
>
> I see that you've installed and loaded the FactoMineR package. Presumably
> the Rcmdr package was already installed. Then you executed an R script
> provided by the authors of the FactoMineR package, which reinstalls and then
> modifies the Rcmdr package. I think that this is ill-advised (as opposed to
> providing an Rcmdr plug-in package for FactoMineR, as used to be the case),
> and if you're having problems with their script, you should really contact
> the authors.
>
> If I read the messages correctly, the script produces warnings, not errors,
> oddly relating to the language you're using (odd because the authors of the
> FactoMineR package are French) and it's possible that everything will work
> correctly despite the warnings.
It's possible that the file
http://factominer.free.fr/add-menu-facto-fr.txt that the FactoMineR
script downloads is not read using the correct encoding (it is in
CP2152), and thus contains invalid UTF-8 characters.
So indeed I would reinstall Rcmdr using
install.packages("Rcmdr")
and load Rcmdr separately using
library(Rcmdr)
If that works, the bug is in FactoMineR's nonstandard way of installing
a menu. A workaround might be to use their English install script:
source("http://factominer.free.fr/install-facto.r")
Regards
> I hope this helps,
> John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Susanne.Ettinger [mailto:susanne.ettinger at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:44 AM
> > To: John Fox
> > Subject: Re: [R] [R-SIG-Mac] problem with the installation of r
> > commander on a mac
> >
> > Dear John,
> >
> > thank you very much for your quick reply - I realize I sent this email
> > to the list without being a member, but I am a very beginner and
> > started this morning the installation process of R.
> >
> > I have been printing out any possibly available information on how to
> > get started with R and I am following the exercices exposed in the book
> > written by Cornillon et al. (2012) to use FactoMineR to do some PCA
> > analysis on vulnerability data.
> >
> > I downloaded the 3.0.1 version of R and have the 1.9-6 package of
> > Rcmdr. I also checked into the library(tcltk) but do not get an error
> > message, this seems to work fine.
> >
> > Since I open XQuartz before starting the Rcmdr library, I am getting a
> > different error message than the ones of this morning. This is what it
> > looks like :
> >
> >
> > > install.packages()
> > --- SVP sélectionner un miroir CRAN pour cette session ---
> > essai de l'URL 'http://cran.univ-
> > lyon1.fr/bin/macosx/contrib/3.0/FactoMineR_1.25.tgz'
> > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3397827 bytes (3.2 Mb)
> > URL ouverte
> > ==================================================
> > downloaded 3.2 Mb
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Les packages binaires téléchargés sont dans
> > /var/folders/06/z7b6z3y102xgxls2xh251p5w0000gp/T//Rtmp13nIpm/downl
> > oaded_packages
> > > library(FactoMineR)
> > Le chargement a nécessité le package : car
> > Le chargement a nécessité le package : MASS
> > Le chargement a nécessité le package : nnet
> > Le chargement a nécessité le package : ellipse
> >
> >
> > Attachement du package : ‘ellipse’
> >
> >
> > L'objet suivant est masqué from ‘package:car’:
> >
> >
> > ellipse
> >
> >
> > Le chargement a nécessité le package : lattice
> > Le chargement a nécessité le package : cluster
> > Le chargement a nécessité le package : scatterplot3d
> > Le chargement a nécessité le package : leaps
> > > source("http://factominer.free.fr/install-facto-fr.r")
> > essai de l'URL 'http://cran.univ-
> > lyon1.fr/bin/macosx/contrib/3.0/Rcmdr_1.9-6.tgz'
> > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3759850 bytes (3.6 Mb)
> > URL ouverte
> > ==================================================
> > downloaded 3.6 Mb
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The downloaded binary packages are in
> > /var/folders/06/z7b6z3y102xgxls2xh251p5w0000gp/T//Rtmp13nIpm/downl
> > oaded_packages
> > essai de l'URL 'http://cran.univ-
> > lyon1.fr/bin/macosx/contrib/3.0/FactoMineR_1.25.tgz'
> > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3397827 bytes (3.2 Mb)
> > URL ouverte
> > ==================================================
> > downloaded 3.2 Mb
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The downloaded binary packages are in
> > /var/folders/06/z7b6z3y102xgxls2xh251p5w0000gp/T//Rtmp13nIpm/downl
> > oaded_packages
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 1 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 5 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 31 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 35 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 81 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 84 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 92 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 97 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 105 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 114 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> > Avis dans grepl("\n", lines, fixed = TRUE) :
> > la chaîne de caractères entrée 170 est incorrecte dans cet
> > environnement linguistique
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > This is where the file continues line by line with the same error
> > message.
> > So I think if I manage to get this fixed, I should be good to go
> > If you have ever seen such type of an error and could give me a hint of
> > how to resolve the problem, this would be more than appreciated.
> >
> > I will let you know whether I can get the Rcmd library to run and how
> > if that ever happens ;-)
> >
> > Thank you again !
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Susanne
> >
> > __________________________
> >
> > Susanne ETTINGER
> > Postdoctoral researcher
> > -
> > Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans
> > UBP - UMR6524 CNRS - M163 IRD
> > 5, rue Kessler
> > 63038 Clermont-Ferrand
> > -
> > Tel : ++33 (0)6.18.27.54.93
> > Fax : ++33 (0)4.73.34.67.44
> > -
> > susanne.ettinger at gmail.com
> > __________________________
> >
> > "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes
> > off your goal."
> > Henry Ford
> >
> >
> > Le 12 juin 2013 à 17:03, John Fox <jfox at mcmaster.ca> a écrit :
> >
> >
> > Dear Susanne,
> >
> > Installation instructions for the Rcmdr are at
> > <http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-
> > notes.html>,
> > but you've apparently done what you normally need to do to get it
> > to work.
> > Though you don't say so, I assume that you have the latest
> > versions of R
> > (3.0.1) and the Rcmdr (1.9-6), and that you've not only downloaded
> > XQuartz,
> > but installed it (a necessary step on Mac OS X 10.8).
> >
> > Beyond that, you haven't provided much detail about the error, but
> > I suspect
> > that for some reason XQuartz isn't finding your display. One way
> > to check
> > whether the error is particular to the Rcmdr is to try to load the
> > tcltk
> > package in R directly via library(tcltk). You might also try
> > starting the
> > XQuartz app *before* you start R.
> >
> > It's a bit disconcerting that others have occasionally reported a
> > similar
> > problem, solved the problem, but, as far as I know, failed to post
> > the
> > solution to this list, which seems to me a common courtesy. If I
> > knew the
> > solution, I could add it to the Rcmdr installation notes.
> >
> > I'm not a frequent user of Mac OS X, and I've never experienced
> > problems
> > installing the Rcmdr on it. I imagine that other list members will
> > be able
> > to offer more concrete help.
> >
> > Best,
> > John
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > John Fox
> > Senator McMaster Professor of Social Statistics
> > Department of Sociology
> > McMaster University
> > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> > project.org] On Behalf Of Susanne.Ettinger
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:06 AM
> > To: r-help at r-project.org
> > Subject: Re: [R] [R-SIG-Mac] problem with the installation
> of
> > r
> > commander on a mac
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am trying to install R and the Rcmdr package on a MacOSX
> > 10.8.4.
> >
> > It appears that I keep getting the error message "Erreur :
> le
> > chargement du package ou de l'espace de noms a échoué pour
> > 'Rcmdr'" no
> > matter what my approach is. Even downloading XQuartz-2.7.4
> > did not
> > help.
> >
> > I found the same problem outlined on the following website
> >
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2012-
> > October/325305.html
> >
> > and was wondering whether a solution to the problem has been
> > stated
> > since then and if you could help me with instructions how to
> > proceed ?
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help !
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Susanne
> >
> > __________________________
> >
> > Susanne ETTINGER
> > Postdoctoral researcher
> > -
> > Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans
> > UBP - UMR6524 CNRS - M163 IRD
> > 5, rue Kessler
> > 63038 Clermont-Ferrand
> > -
> > Tel : ++33 (0)6.18.27.54.93
> > Fax : ++33 (0)4.73.34.67.44
> > -
> > susanne.ettinger at gmail.com
> > __________________________
> >
> > "The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend."
> > Robertson Davies
> >
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