[R-sig-Debian] Rattle - libglade not found

Fri Oct 30 16:49:19 CET 2009

Michael,

Thanks, I did think it looked a bit strange compared to the other
entries. Update is now downloading, so we will see how I get on.

Graham

2009/10/30 Michael Rutter <mar36 at psu.edu>:
> Graham,
>
> It appears that the mail client I was using added some extra stuff.  It
> should be:
>
> deb http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au/bin/linux/ubuntu jaunty/
>
> Just tested this line in my sources.list and it came back fine.
>
> Michael
>
> Graham Smith wrote:
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> Thanks for this, I have added CRAN like this before, during one of
>> many other attempts with Linux, but if If I add your code as suggested
>> or add the repository via synaptic, I get a 404 error
>>
>> W: Failed to fetch
>>
>> http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au/bin/linux/ubuntu/dists/<http://<my.favorite.cran.mirror>/bin/linux/ubuntu>/jaunty//binary-i386/Packages
>>  404 Not Found
>>
>> I have also tried the UK and Netherlands mirrors as well, but both of
>> these also give a 404 error.
>>
>> I assume I am doing something stupid.
>>
>> Graham
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/10/30 Michael Rutter <mar36 at psu.edu>:
>>>
>>> Graham,
>>>
>>> The instructions for adding the CRAN repositories are here:
>>>
>>> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/
>>>
>>> But let me expand on them a little.  This is assuming you have sudo
>>> rights.
>>>  If you do not, forward this email to your administrator.
>>>
>>> In a terminal, enter
>>>
>>> sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
>>>
>>> At the very end of this file, add the following two lines:
>>>
>>> ## CRAN
>>>
>>> deb http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au/bin/linux/ubuntu
>>> <http://%3Cmy.favorite.cran.mirror%3E/bin/linux/ubuntu> jaunty/
>>>
>>>
>>> Save and close the editor.  Then in the terminal run these lines:
>>>
>>> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key E2A11821
>>> gpg -a --export E2A11821 | sudo apt-key add -
>>> sudo apt-get update
>>> sudo apt-get install r-base
>>>
>>>
>>> This will authenticate the code, remove the old R and install the newest
>>> version.
>>>
>>> For a program like R in which there is constant development and bug fixes
>>> (but not many), it is a good idea to use the most recent version from
>>> CRAN.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Graham Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Paul,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, 2.8.1 is the most up to date in the Ubuntu Repository, so that
>>>> is the one I am using with Ubuntu. As a novice Ubuntu user I have been
>>>> given the impression that it is best to stick with the version via
>>>> synaptic/ubuntu repository BUT i agree this could well be a version
>>>> incompatibility issue as rattle isn't available from the Ubuntu
>>>> repository and installed directly from CRAN.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I need to uninstall the Ubuntu repository version and install
>>>> the latest from CRAN. I admit I find this what to install from where a
>>>> bit confusing.
>>>>
>>>> Graham
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2009/10/30 Paul Leo <p.leo at uq.edu.au>:
>>>>
>>>>> That a very outdated version of R, current is R2.10
>>>>>
>>>>> I just installed r2.10 and used
>>>>> setRepositories() # choose CRAN
>>>>> install.packages() # choose rattle
>>>>> ...
>>>>> ** preparing package for lazy loading
>>>>> Loading required package: XML
>>>>> Warning: package 'XML' was built under R version 2.7.1 and help may not
>>>>> work correctly
>>>>> ** help
>>>>> *** installing help indices
>>>>> ** building package indices ...
>>>>> * DONE (rattle)
>>>>>
>>>>> ... ignored warnings:
>>>>>
>>>>> library(rattle)
>>>>> rattle() # launched a gui interface that seems to work
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> sessionInfo()
>>>>>>
>>>>> R version 2.10.0 (2009-10-26)
>>>>> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>>>>>
>>>>> locale:
>>>>>  [1] LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
>>>>>  [3] LC_TIME=en_AU.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_AU.UTF-8
>>>>>  [5] LC_MONETARY=C              LC_MESSAGES=en_AU.UTF-8
>>>>>  [7] LC_PAPER=en_AU.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C
>>>>>  [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
>>>>> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>>>>>
>>>>> attached base packages:
>>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods
>>>>> base
>>>>>
>>>>> other attached packages:
>>>>> [1] RGtk2_2.12.5-3 rattle_2.5.1   pmml_1.2.19    XML_1.95-3
>>>>>
>>>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>>>> [1] tcltk_2.10.0 tools_2.10.0
>>>>>
>>>>> so perhaps a new intall and check those "attached packages listed
>>>>> above"
>>>>> I have ubuntu 8.1 so you may need to check those library versions
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Graham Smith <myotisone at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: r-sig-debian at r-project.org
>>>>> Subject: [R-sig-Debian] Rattle - libglade not found
>>>>> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:07:02 +0000
>>>>>
>>>>> I have just installed rattle on Ubntu 9.04, and R  2.8.1 and get an
>>>>> error message when I try to run it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> library(rattle)
>>>>>> rattle()
>>>>>>
>>>>> Error in rattle() :
>>>>>  The RGtk2 package did not find libglade installed. Please install it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have installed libglade2-dev  through synaptic, and following
>>>>> suggestion from an earlier thread re-installed RGtk2 using
>>>>> install.packages, and through synaptic.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone offer some help - you may realise that I am not that
>>>>> familiar with Linux/Ubuntu.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Graham
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. I have cross posted this on the Ubuntu forum, before remembering
>>>>> this forum existed.
>>>>>
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