[R] Unable to run RcmdrPlugin.survival using 3.2.2 with Windows 10

[Fox, John]

Dear Joyaa,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joyaa Antares [mailto:joyaa at goldcoastosteopathy.com.au]
> Sent: September 3, 2015 9:37 PM
> To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Unable to run RcmdrPlugin.survival using 3.2.2 with Windows 10
> 
> Dear John, Dear List,
> 
> Thank you for responding.  Like you, I have tried uninstalling R and reinstalling
> again.  Question 1: having uninstalled R, how do you delete the package library?

You say below that you installed R packages when R was run as administrator and that you took all defaults. In that case,  the installed packages will be in C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.2\library . Just delete the library directory, which will still be there after R 3.2.2 is uninstalled. I do recommend, by the way, that, for using the Rcmdr, you install R with the SDI rather than the default MDI, but that doesn't explain your difficulties.

> 
> I have used defaults throughout the process, except for running the whole things
> as Administrator rather than a User.  For the mirror, my first two install attempts
> were via a mirror in Germany.  My 3rd and 4th attempts via Cambridge, UK.
> 
> Perhaps importantly: the first time I ran the RcmdrPlugin.survival plug-in it
> worked fine.  

If you said that before, I missed it. 

> I got half way through the exercise I was attempting, then closed
> the programs for the night.  The next day, when I tried to reload the plugin from
> R Commander, the plugin asked me to restart R Commander, but on opting for
> "Yes", this is when R Commander does not open properly.

Here's my hypothesis: When you "closed" R, you saved the R workspace. My guess is that this is the source of your problem. If so, the saved workspace is in the file .RData in your home directory; delete it and try again.

If this works, in future, exit from the Rcmdr and R via the Rcmdr menus (or if closing R directly, don't save the workspace).

I hope this helps,
 John

-----------------------------
John Fox, Professor
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox


> 
> My thanks to you and the list for your time.  Joyaa (Gold Coast, Queensland,
> Australia)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fox, John
> Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 1:29 AM
> To: Joyaa Antares
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: RE: [R] Unable to run RcmdrPlugin.survival using 3.2.2 with Windows
> 10
> 
> Dear Joyaa,
> 
> I too run R 3.2.2 on a Windows 10 system. I uninstalled R, deleted my package
> library, and then reinstalled R and the Rcmdr and RcmdrPlugin.survival packages.
> I took all defaults, except that I selected the SDI rather than the default MDI for
> Rgui, but I seriously doubt that this is the source of your problem. I used the 0-
> Cloud mirror, both for R
> 3.2.2 and for packages.
> 
> I'm afraid that I can't duplicate your problem -- everything works perfectly fine
> for me.
> 
> You provided a reasonable amount of detail, but is there anything else you can
> add?
> 
> Best,
> John
> 
> -----------------------------
> John Fox, Professor
> McMaster University
> Hamilton, Ontario
> Canada L8S 4M4
> web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: R-help [r-help-bounces at r-project.org] on behalf of Joyaa Antares
> [joyaa at goldcoastosteopathy.com.au]
> Sent: September 3, 2015 8:31 AM
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Unable to run RcmdrPlugin.survival using 3.2.2 with Windows 10
> 
> Hello r-help,
> 
> I am quite new to R.  I downloaded R 3.2.2 for Windows to use with Windows
> 10.
> 
> On attempting to load the RcmdrPlugin.survival plug-in I got this error
> message:
> 
> Error in structure(.External(.C_dotTclObjv, objv), class = "tclObj") :
>   [tcl] invalid command name "configure".
> 
> The lead-up to this was:
> 
> * I uninstalled R 3.2.2 and deleted all R files I could find.
> * Downloaded R 3.2.2 to do a fresh install
> * Opened the .exe file as Administrator
> * Ran 64-bit R as Administrator
> * Updated all packages
> * Installed Rcmdr and RcmdrPlugin.survival
> * Ran Rcmdr using library(Rcmdr) from the console
> * This required an install of a host of packages, which I installed
> * Loaded RcmdrPlugin.survival from the Tools menu
> * I was asked to restart R commander, and when I tried it didn't open properly
> (showing only File/Edit/Data in the menu bar), and this wouldn't close properly
> either.  The error message as above showed in the console.
> 
> I haven't posted to the list before and would be very grateful for help.
> Thank you.   Joyaa
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