[R] Can not load Rcmdr

[Ista Zahn]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:14 AM, a b <angela.baldo at ars.usda.gov> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response!
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> While I agree Rcommander is not the same thing as either ESS or RStudio, it
> can also be useful as a wrapper when testing out functions and scripts.  I
> learned R on it and it's a more comfortable environment for me than ESS.
> (Thank you for writing it!)
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> Strangely tcltk seems to be functioning just fine on my system.
> tkProgressBar() shows a little horizontal thermometer window with no
> complaints.
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> The problem comes when I try to load Rcommander.
> splines, RcmdrMisc, car, and sandwich all load, but then a dialog box pops
> up saying that XLConnect is missing and asking permission to install it.
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> XLConnect won't install because rJava is apparently unavailable for
> XLConnectJars because I need to be root in order to install rJava

Why don't you just say "No" when it asks if you want XLConnect?

--Ista

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> So I guess I've just answered my own question - without admin access I won't
> have either Rstudio or RCommander.  That's the cost of paying someone else
> to maintain our Big Machine as part of a server array.
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> Thanks again,
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