[R] Problem with downloading library(Rcmdr)

Sun Nov 6 01:13:03 CET 2016

Dear David,

Sorry to chime in late -- I didn't read the messages in this thread until just now.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of David
> Winsemius
> Sent: November 5, 2016 3:43 PM
> To: varin sacha <varinsacha at yahoo.fr>
> Cc: R-help Mailing List <r-help at r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [R] Problem with downloading library(Rcmdr)
> 
> 
> > On Nov 5, 2016, at 11:27 AM, varin sacha via R-help <r-help at r-project.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear R-experts,
> >
> > Here below you will find my R sessionInfo. I have a problem with the
> library(Rcmdr). The error message is here below. How can I solve that problem
> ?
> 
> I'm not an Rcmdr user and my Mac is too old to support Sierra so unable to
> attempt replication. All I am able offer is a search on what appear to be similar
> issues in the past. You do need to indicate your XQuartz version. I see there
> have been three recent releases suggesting to me that there might have been
> teething difficulties with the birth of the neanate Sierra.
> 
> 	• XQuartz 2.7.11 - 2016-10-29
> 
> 	• XQuartz 2.7.10 - 2016-10-22
> 
> 	• XQuartz 2.7.9 - 2016-05-05
> 
> You might also mention in any follow-up whether this is being done inside
> MacGUI or at an R console launched from Terminal.app.
> 
> Make sure you have reviewed:
> http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes.html
> 
> 
> Over the years there have been many questions regarding the three-way
> marriage of R, MacOS, and Rcmdr that relate to Tk/Tcl functions. Here's a
> relatively recent one that mentions the image function:
> 
> http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.r-project.r-sig-
> mac+tcl+Rcmdr+image#query:list%3Aorg.r-project.r-sig-
> mac%20tcl%20Rcmdr%20image+page:1+mid:y5mgjtgtw65eqzfu+state:results
> 

The current Rcmdr Mac installation notes, to which you also pointed, reflect this discussion.

> 
> So I think I would make sure you have a version of R that has Tcl and have the
> most uptodate X11 version (XQuartz) and once you do that and then try to
> reload R, load Rcmdr _before_ RcmdrMisc and before all those other packages.
> If you still get an error, then repost with version details of _all_ the
> components mentioned to the  R-SIG-Mac mailing list and copy John Fox.
> (Might not be necessary to give him a copy since I think he monitors R-SIG-Mac
> for Rcmdr issues.)

If one loads the Rcmdr package at the beginning of a session via library(Rcmdr), then the dependencies that it needs to start up, such as RcmdrMisc, will be loaded automatically. Other packages may be loaded during an Rcmdr session as needed.

By far the most common problem with getting the Rcmdr to work on Macs is failure to install XQuartz or failure to reinstall it after updating the OS.

I see from a subsequent message that varin sasha's problem has been solved.

Thanks for trying to help.

Best,
 John

> 
> 
> --
> David.
> >
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > sessionInfo()
> > R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31)
> > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit) Running under: macOS
> > Sierra 10.12
> >
> > locale:
> > [1] fr_CH.UTF-8/fr_CH.UTF-8/fr_CH.UTF-8/C/fr_CH.UTF-8/fr_CH.UTF-8
> >
> > attached base packages:
> > [1] splines   stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
> >
> > other attached packages:
> > [1] RcmdrMisc_1.0-5 sandwich_2.3-4  car_2.1-3
> >
> > loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> > [1] Rcpp_0.12.7         tcltk2_1.2-11       nloptr_1.0.4        RColorBrewer_1.1-2
> plyr_1.8.4          class_7.3-14
> > [7] tools_3.3.2         digest_0.6.10       rpart_4.1-10        lme4_1.1-12
> gtable_0.2.0        nlme_3.1-128
> > [13] htmlTable_1.7       lattice_0.20-34     mgcv_1.8-15         Matrix_1.2-7.1
> parallel_3.3.2      SparseM_1.72
> > [19] relimp_1.0-5        e1071_1.6-7         gridExtra_2.2.1     Rcmdr_2.3-1
> stringr_1.1.0       cluster_2.0.5
> > [25] knitr_1.14          MatrixModels_0.4-1  grid_3.3.2          nnet_7.3-12
> data.table_1.9.6    tcltk_3.3.2
> > [31] readxl_0.1.1        survival_2.40-1     foreign_0.8-67      latticeExtra_0.6-28
> minqa_1.2.4         Formula_1.2-1
> > [37] ggplot2_2.1.0       magrittr_1.5        htmltools_0.3.5     Hmisc_4.0-0
> scales_0.4.0        MASS_7.3-45
> > [43] abind_1.4-5         pbkrtest_0.4-6      colorspace_1.2-7    quantreg_5.29
> stringi_1.1.2       acepack_1.4.1
> > [49] munsell_0.4.3       chron_2.3-47        zoo_1.7-13
> >
> >
> >> library(Rcmdr)
> > Error : .onAttach a échoué dans attachNamespace() pour 'Rcmdr', détails :
> > appel : structure(.External(.C_dotTclObjv, objv), class = "tclObj")
> > erreur : [tcl] invalid command name "image".
> >
> > Erreur : le chargement du package ou de l'espace de noms a échoué pour
> 'Rcmdr'
> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> > PLEASE do read the posting guide
> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> 
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.