[R-SIG-Mac] unprecedented errors at start-up

[Simon Urbanek]

Milan,

On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:33 , Milan Esner wrote:

>  Hi Simon,
>  thanks a lot for fast reply.
>  Actually I solved the problem now with the command
>
>  defaults write org.R-project.R force.LANG en_US.UTF-8
>
> from R help FAQ Mac OS X.  Then all warnings disappeared and I can  
> install the packages.
>

Ok, great.


> I have another problem with installing EBimage package from  
> Bioconductor, but I guess for this I have to ask someone other. I  
> have the error message about GTK framework
>
>  /Library/Frameworks/GTK+.framework/Versions/2.14.X11/Resources/lib/ 
> libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'EBImage'
>

The 2.14 GTK+ is 32-bit only and I guess you're using 64-bit so it  
won't work.

So you have two options:

a) use R in 32-bit and all will be well (R --arch=i386 on the command  
line or the 32-bit R.app GUI)

b) if you really need over 4GB of virtual RAM install 2.18 GTK+ from http://r.research.att.com/libs/ 
  which includes 64-bit GTK+ but then you'll need to compile EBimage  
from sources while setting PATH= /Library/Frameworks/GTK+.framework/ 
Resource/bin:$PATH before you do so.

Cheers,
Simon


>
> On Jan 12, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 12, 2010, at 5:27 , Milan Esner wrote:
>>
>>> Hello SImon,
>>> I just encountered similar problems like Massimo. I upgraded to  
>>> 10.6.1 from 10.5.8.  I installed a new R 2.10.1 and when I start  
>>> up the R I have the same message
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> During startup - Warning messages:
>>> 1: Setting LC_CTYPE failed, using "C"
>>> 2: Setting LC_COLLATE failed, using "C"
>>> 3: Setting LC_TIME failed, using "C"
>>> 4: Setting LC_MESSAGES failed, using "C"
>>> [R.app GUI 1.31 (5537) x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0]
>>>
>>> WARNING: You're using a non-UTF8 locale, therefore only ASCII  
>>> characters will work.
>>> Please read R for Mac OS X FAQ (see Help) section 9 and adjust  
>>> your system preferences accordingly.
>>>
>>>
>>> and if I want to install some packages I have as well the error  
>>> message Failed to set default locale
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The downloaded packages are in
>>> 	/var/folders/2z/2zafRZuKHlSXCwfDU3iVNE+++TM/-Tmp-//RtmpVxQHq0/ 
>>> downloaded_packages
>>> trying URL 'http://mirrors.softliste.de/cran/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.10/iplots_1.1-3.tgz'
>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 415882 bytes (406 Kb)
>>> opened URL
>>> ==================================================
>>> downloaded 406 Kb
>>>
>>> tar: Failed to set default locale
>>>
>>>
>>> Could you help me? Thanks a lot.
>>
>> Please send us the output of sessionInfo() and your exact settings  
>> (Language+Formats) under "International" in the system preferences.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Simon
>>
>>
>