Dear R-users,

i'm a very newbie in linux, but decided to build R from source. 
Following the "R Installation and Administration" manual, i did this:

./configure --enable-R-shlib # this option is here because i intend to 
build the GNOME console after...
make
make check

no problems in make check, but:

make check-devel #and also
make check-all

indicated some WARNINGs in the log file:

/usr/local/R-2.1.1/tests/tcltk.Rcheck/00check.Rcheck

Right below is the content of this log file (I translated some words):

[start log file]

* using log directory '/usr/local/R-2.1.1/tests/tcltk.Rcheck'
* using R version 2.1.1, 2005-06-20
* looks like 'tcltk' is a base package
* skipping installation test
* checking package directory ... OK
* checking for portable file names ... OK
* checking for sufficient/correct file permissions ... OK
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking package dependencies ... OK
* checking index information ... OK
* checking package subdirectories ... OK
* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... WARNING
Erro: .First.lib failed for 'tcltk'
Call sequence:
2: stop(gettextf(".First.lib failed for '%s'", libraryPkgName(package)),
       domain = NA)
1: library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, verbose = 
FALSE)
Interrupted execution
See section 'Generic functions and methods' of the 'Writing R Extensions'
manual.
* checking replacement functions ... WARNING
Error: .First.lib failed for 'tcltk'
Call sequence:
2: stop(gettextf(".First.lib failed for '%s'", libraryPkgName(package)),
       domain = NA)
1: library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, verbose = 
FALSE)
Interrupted execution
In R, the argument of a replacement function which corresponds to the right
hand side must be named 'value'.
* checking foreign function calls ... WARNING
Error: .First.lib failed for 'tcltk'
Call sequence:
2: stop(gettextf(".First.lib failed for '%s'", libraryPkgName(package)),
       domain = NA)
1: library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, verbose = 
FALSE)
Interrupted execution
See section 'System and foreign language interfaces' of the 'Writing R
Extensions' manual.
* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking for missing documentation entries ... WARNING
Error: .First.lib failed for 'tcltk'
Call sequence:
2: stop(gettextf(".First.lib failed for '%s'", libraryPkgName(package)),
       domain = NA)
1: library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, verbose = 
FALSE)
Interrupted execution
All user-level objects in a package should have documentation entries.
See chapter 'Writing R documentation files' in manual 'Writing R
Extensions'.
* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... WARNING
Error: .First.lib failed for 'tcltk'
Call sequence:
2: stop(gettextf(".First.lib failed for '%s'", libraryPkgName(package)),
       domain = NA)
1: library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, verbose = 
FALSE)
Interrupted execution
Error: .First.lib failed for 'tcltk'
Call sequence:
2: stop(gettextf(".First.lib failed for '%s'", libraryPkgName(package)),
       domain = NA)
1: library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, verbose = 
FALSE)
Interrupted execution
Error: .First.lib failed for 'tcltk'
Call sequence:
2: stop(gettextf(".First.lib failed for '%s'", libraryPkgName(package)),
       domain = NA)
1: library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, verbose = 
FALSE)
Interrupted execution
* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
* checking DVI version of manual ... OK

[end log file]

The problem is in the tcltk package. I have searched in the archives, 
but didin't find anything similar to this problem (maybe there is, but i 
was not able to identify it). I really don't know what all the warnings 
means. What i need to know is what am i missing, and if there is 
something i can fix it. Also, are there any problems if i continue the 
installation without fix something?

P.S.: actually R is running already from where it was buit, but i want 
to install it. So i want to avoid future problems, if this warnings 
really make some.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Fernando Mayer.

version
         _
platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
arch     i686
os       linux-gnu [SuSE 9.3]
system   i686, linux-gnu
status
major    2
minor    1.1
year     2005
month    06
day      20
language R


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