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

Graham Smith myotisone at gmail.com
Fri Oct 30 18:48:44 CET 2009 

Thanks again,

I assumed this was probably the case, but nice to check before doing
something silly.

Graham

2009/10/30 Michael Rutter <mar36 at psu.edu>:
> Deleting .RData is not a problem.  In Linux, when ever you launch R it looks
> at the current directory for an .RData file.  This file can be created when
> you q() R (it asks if you want to save workspace).  If you say yes, .RData
> is created with all of the information from the current session.  If you
> delete it, it is the same as answering no to the q() question.
>
> Michael
>
> Graham Smith wrote:
>>
>> OK,
>>
>> I have renamed .RData and this has allowed R to run.  I thought R
>> might have created a new default .RData file, but it hasn't.
>>
>> Can I just delete this .RData file and let R sort itself out?
>>
>> Graham
>>
>> 2009/10/30 Graham Smith <myotisone at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> The ghost of my previous attempt to install rattle lives on in .RData
>>> and is preventing me opening R :-)
>>>
>>> Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called 'rattle'
>>> Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .RData
>>>
>>> R auto exits at that point
>>>
>>> See  below for full message
>>>
>>> So I'm afraid I could do with a bit more help.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> =======================
>>>
>>> graham at T42-laptop:~$ R
>>>
>>> R version 2.10.0 (2009-10-26)
>>> Copyright (C) 2009 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>>> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>>>
>>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
>>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>>>
>>>  Natural language support but running in an English locale
>>>
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>>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
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>>>
>>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
>>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
>>> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>>>
>>> Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called 'rattle'
>>> Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .RData
>>>
>>> =====================================================
>>>
>>> 2009/10/30 Graham Smith <myotisone at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> 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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>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Dr Paul Leo
>>>>>>>>> Bioinformatician
>>>>>>>>> Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine
>>>>>>>>> University of Queensland
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>> Research Wing, Bldg 1
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>>>>>>>>> Tel: +61 7 3240 7740  Mob: 041 303 8691  Fax: +61 7 3240 5946
>>>>>>>>> Email: p.leo at uq.edu.au   Web: http://www.di.uq.edu.au
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>> School of Science
>>>>> Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
>>>>> Station Road
>>>>> Erie, PA 16563
>>>>> http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/rutter
>>>>>
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