[R-SIG-Mac] library(tcltk) failure (looking in /usr/local)

[James Wettenhall]

Hi,

My administrator just installed R 1.9.1 from CRAN on a MacOS X
machine which previously had TclTkAqua in /Library/Frameworks/
and fink Tcl/Tk in /sw/lib.  When I try to load the tcltk package, I get:

> library(tcltk)
Error in fun(...) : Can't find a usable init.tcl in the
following directories:
  /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4 /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4

This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.

I suppose as with most errors, this means exactly what it says,
but should I advise my administrator to reinstall Tcl/Tk using
fink?  Is /sw/ OK, or should fink install it in /usr/local/?
If you want to install Tcl/Tk in /usr/local/ (in response to the
above error message), do you have to use a Unix-style
configure;make;make install; from Tcl/Tk source?  Is having an
old Aqua Tcl/Tk in /Library/Frameworks/ likely to be a problem?
Should this have been overwritten by an X11 Tcl/Tk by the R
1.9.1 installation from CRAN?  Or is installing X11 Tcl/Tk a
prerequisite to installing R 1.9.1 from CRAN?

Note that when I go to:
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/

find . -name init.tcl

returns nothing.

Thanks,
James

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> A slightly modified R.dmg image is now available from CRAN (main AT
> mirror now, others should follow as the changes propagate). To clarify
> what happened here is the history of the R.dmg images of R-1.9.1 so
> far:
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> 1) first release - ca. 20MB (2004/06/26), installer same as in R 1.9.0
> contained R-1.9.1.pkg, libxml2.pkg and a ReadMe file
> both R.app and framework were packed in one package; some problems
> because it changed rights of the Applications folder and could case
> problems on non-standard systems
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> 2) second release - ca. 40MB (2004/06/29)
> new installer, but contained both the package sources and the actual
> packages. libxml2 was marked as "required" which caused problems on
> Panther (use "sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/libxml2*" on Panther if you
> installed it)
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> 3) third, now current release - ca. 20MB (2004/07/03)
> new installer (the image contains R.mpkg meta-package and a folder
> Packages) - double-click on R.mpkg to install
> allows custom installation of all three parts (you can click on
> "customize" after selecting target volume - the choices are R.app,
> Framework and libxml2). limxml2 is not selected by default, so it works
> fine on Panther.
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> Those having problems with earlier versions, please try the latest
> installer and report any failures. If you have problems *installing* R,
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