[R-SIG-Mac] R-SIG-Mac Digest, Vol 77, Issue 2

Atul Sharma atul.sharma at mcgill.ca
Thu Jul 2 13:20:47 CEST 2009


sorry, wrong address on last post by virtue of near blindness.  
Apologies.

A.


On 2-Jul-09, at 6:00 AM, r-sig-mac-request at stat.math.ethz.ch wrote:

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>   1.  tcltk and R 2.9.1 (Linda Rutledge)
>   2. Re:  tcltk and R 2.9.1 (Simon Urbanek)
>   3.  RSwitch (cstrato)
>   4. Re:  RSwitch (Steve Lianoglou)
>   5.  Komodo, SciViews-K, and 64 bit R (Jonathan Greenberg)
>   6. Re:  Komodo, SciViews-K, and 64 bit R (Philippe Grosjean)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:52:25 -0400
> From: "Linda Rutledge" <lrutledge at nrdpfc.ca>
> Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] tcltk and R 2.9.1
> To: <r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> Message-ID: <421F6B7FA2F482478B7A78A63BE813D4042872 at fisher.nrdpfc.ca>
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> Hi,
>
> When I try to load the Geneland GUI in R 2.9.1 for Mac OS 10.4.11  
> (with X11 installed from the installation disk) it always comes up  
> with the error
> "Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath =  
> DLLpath, ...) :
>  unable to load shared library '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/ 
> Versions/2.9/Resources/library/tcltk/libs/i386/tcltk.so':
>  dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.9/Resources/ 
> library/tcltk/libs/i386/tcltk.so, 10): Library not loaded: /usr/ 
> X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
>  Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.9/ 
> Resources/library/tcltk/libs/i386/tcltk.so
>  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
> 	/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'tcltk'
> Error: package 'tcltk' could not be loaded"
>
> I do not have this problem with my laptop that is running R 2.9.0.  
> Is there some bug in the R2.9.1 version that prevents tcltk from  
> loading? Is there a way to fix this?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:01:12 -0400
> From: Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] tcltk and R 2.9.1
> To: Linda Rutledge <lrutledge at nrdpfc.ca>
> Cc: r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Message-ID: <D027EF4C-9618-455C-8C82-EEE1E2B1EBC7 at r-project.org>
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>
> On Jul 1, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Linda Rutledge wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I try to load the Geneland GUI in R 2.9.1 for Mac OS 10.4.11
>> (with X11 installed from the installation disk) it always comes up
>> with the error
>> "Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath =
>> DLLpath, ...) :
>> unable to load shared library '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/
>> Versions/2.9/Resources/library/tcltk/libs/i386/tcltk.so':
>> dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.9/Resources/
>> library/tcltk/libs/i386/tcltk.so, 10): Library not loaded: /usr/
>> X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
>> Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.9/
>> Resources/library/tcltk/libs/i386/tcltk.so
>> Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
>> 	/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
>> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'tcltk'
>> Error: package 'tcltk' could not be loaded"
>>
>> I do not have this problem with my laptop that is running R 2.9.0.
>> Is there some bug in the R2.9.1 version that prevents tcltk from
>> loading? Is there a way to fix this?
>>
>
> Yes, re-install X11. You failed to supply any details so we can only
> speculate, but my guess would be that you upgraded from ppc to intel
> at some point (or installed some other X11) and thus your X11 doesn't
> have intel binaries. But, again, without any details (sessionInfo(),
> machine type and preferably output of "file /usr/X11R6/lib/
> libX11.6.dylib") it's only a wild guess.
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:26:41 +0200
> From: cstrato <cstrato at aon.at>
> Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] RSwitch
> To: r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Message-ID: <4A4BD491.7060001 at aon.at>
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>
> Dear Simon,
>
> On my Mac (10.4.11) I have installed different versions of R and thus
> like RSwitch very much. However, in my case it works only when I am
> logged in as administrator.
>
> Since I am usually logged in as normal user I have to:
> logout -> login as admin -> run RSwitch -> logout -> login as user
>
> I know this tool is unsupported but do you think there is a  
> possibility
> for an update?
>
> Best regards
> Christian
> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
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> V.i.e.n.n.a           A.u.s.t.r.i.a
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:33:18 -0400
> From: Steve Lianoglou <mailinglist.honeypot at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] RSwitch
> To: cstrato <cstrato at aon.at>
> Cc: r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Message-ID: <FFF8FFE2-F300-4626-B40F-E2EF83411B23 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>
> Hi,
>
> On Jul 1, 2009, at 5:26 PM, cstrato wrote:
>
>> Dear Simon,
>>
>> On my Mac (10.4.11) I have installed different versions of R and
>> thus like RSwitch very much. However, in my case it works only when
>> I am logged in as administrator.
>>
>> Since I am usually logged in as normal user I have to:
>> logout -> login as admin -> run RSwitch -> logout -> login as user
>>
>> I know this tool is unsupported but do you think there is a
>> possibility for an update?
>
>
> You can *probably* get this behavior by changing the permissions on
> your R.framework directory. By default, I think it's set to:
>
> drwxrwxr-x  9 root  admin  306 Jun 29 10:39 /Library/Frameworks/
> R.framework/
>
> Since the RSwitch program monkeys around with which symlinks point to
> what in that folder, you'll need admin rights to use it.
>
> I'm guessing that if you chown or chgrp that directory such that your
> logged in user has the rights to change stuff in there, you can then
> use the app as a non admin .. w/o an app update :-)
>
> HTH,
> -steve
>
> --
> Steve Lianoglou
> Graduate Student: Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology
> Weill Medical College of Cornell University
>
> Contact Info: http://cbio.mskcc.org/~lianos/contact
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:35:01 -0700
> From: Jonathan Greenberg <greenberg at ucdavis.edu>
> Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] Komodo, SciViews-K, and 64 bit R
> To: r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Message-ID: <4A4BD685.4010202 at ucdavis.edu>
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>
> MacRers:
>
>    I've been having a bit of trouble getting SciViews working cleanly
> with R64 (from the AT&T website) -- first off, what is the proper  
> "sudo
> ln -s" statement to get it working with MacOS X?  Secondly, is there  
> any
> way to get Komodo/Sciviews-K to work with "R64.app" besides simply
> renaming that to R.app?
>
>    Thanks!
>
> --j
>
> -- 
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:10:25 +0200
> From: Philippe Grosjean <phgrosjean at sciviews.org>
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Komodo, SciViews-K, and 64 bit R
> To: Jonathan Greenberg <greenberg at ucdavis.edu>
> Cc: "r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch Mac List"
> 	<r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> Message-ID: <4A4C4141.7060808 at sciviews.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hello,
>
> The "ln -s" command you talk about is to make a symbolic link to  
> Komodo
> Edit (its installer fails to do that, despite there are a couple of
> useful command line options provided). Open a terminal window on your
> Mac and type this, providing you installed Komodo Edit.app in
> /Applications (all on one line):
>
> sudo ln -s /Applications/Komodo\ Edit.app/Contents/MacOS/komodo
> /usr/bin/komodo
>
> You will be prompted for administrative password. R can now open
> documents directly inside Komodo.
>
> For your second question, indeed, we should support 64-bit R too, and
> including R64.app and R --arch x86_64/R --arch ppc64. For the moment,
> you can do the changes by yourself like this:
>
> - Open the toolbox in Komodo: View -> Tabs -> Toolbox
>
> - Navigate to SciViews-K/GUI/Menus/R/Start R folder in the toolbox.
>
> - Copy R app (Mac) entry (right-click -> copy in context menu)
>
> - Select 'Start R' folder again and right-click -> paste)
>
> - Select the pasted 'R app (Mac)' entry and right-click -> properties
>
> - In the Properties dialog box, rename it to 'R64 app (Mac)', and in
> Command: change it to 'open -a /Application/R64.app ....'
>
> Restart Komodo Edit. You should be able to connect to your R 64-bit
> application.
>
> P.S.: untested, please report back your results
>
> P.S.2: you should better use the SciViews-Help mailing list
> (http://r-forge.r-project.org/mail/?group_id=194) and/or the feature
> request in the SciViews Tracker
> (http://r-forge.r-project.org/tracker/?group_id=194).
>
> ..............................................<?}))><........
>  ) ) ) ) )
> ( ( ( ( (    Prof. Philippe Grosjean
>  ) ) ) ) )
> ( ( ( ( (    Numerical Ecology of Aquatic Systems
>  ) ) ) ) )   Mons-Hainaut University, Belgium
> ( ( ( ( (
> ..............................................................
>
> Jonathan Greenberg wrote:
>> MacRers:
>>
>>   I've been having a bit of trouble getting SciViews working cleanly
>> with R64 (from the AT&T website) -- first off, what is the proper  
>> "sudo
>> ln -s" statement to get it working with MacOS X?  Secondly, is  
>> there any
>> way to get Komodo/Sciviews-K to work with "R64.app" besides simply
>> renaming that to R.app?
>>
>>   Thanks!
>>
>> --j
>>
>
>
>
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