[R-SIG-Mac] tcltk problem [solved]

[Michael Kubovy]

Final update: The problem of R hanging when I tried to attach tcltk was fixed by reinstalling R2.11.1. Thanks, Simon, for your diagnosis of my X11 problem.

MK

On Jun 12, 2010, at 3:41 PM, Michael Kubovy wrote:

> Thanks Simon,
> 
> I reinstalled X11 from the Snow Leopard disk:
> **************************
> [MK-MacPro:~] mk% ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  3578368 Jul  6  2009 /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
> [MK-MacPro:~] mk% file /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 3 architectures
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib (for architecture x86_64):        Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib (for architecture i386):  Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib (for architecture ppc7400):       Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc
> **************************
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31) 
> x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0 
> 
> locale:
> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
> 
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] grid_2.11.1         lattice_0.18-8      latticeExtra_0.6-11
> **************************
> But when I issue
> **************************
>> library(tcltk)
> **************************
> R hangs.
> 
> Michael
> 
> On Jun 12, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jun 12, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Michael Kubovy wrote:
>> 
>>> No. As I indicated below, X11 is running.
>>> 
>> 
>> But which X11? Not Apple's  since the message says it's not present:
>> 
>> 
>>> Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
>>> Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/libtk8.5.dylib
>>> Reason: image not found
>> 
>> Depending on your OS version you should see something like:
>> 
>> Fino:~$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  3578368 Feb 11 03:09 /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
>> Fino:~$ file /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 3 architectures
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib (for architecture x86_64):	Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib (for architecture i386):	Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib (for architecture ppc7400):	Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> S
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jun 11, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ooops - my apologies - I missed that the output actually included some comment inside - it looked like a plain R output. It seems you're missing X11 - please read the FAQ on how to install it.
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Simon
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 11, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for sharing with us that you forgot to install Tcl/Tk - not that we really need to know that. Did you mean to ask some question perhaps?
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Simon
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 11, 2010, at 2:21 PM, Michael Kubovy wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> library(tcltk)
>>>>>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'tcltk', details:
>>>>>> call: dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...)
>>>>>> error: unable to load shared library '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/tcltk/libs/x86_64/tcltk.so':
>>>>>> dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/tcltk/libs/x86_64/tcltk.so, 10): Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
>>>>>> Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/libtk8.5.dylib
>>>>>> Reason: image not found
>>>>>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'tcltk'
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I had installed tcltk-8.5.5-x11.dmg
>>>>>> X11 is running
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> sessionInfo()
>>>>>> R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31) 
>>>>>> x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> locale:
>>>>>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> attached base packages:
>>>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>>>>> [1] grid_2.11.1         lattice_0.18-8      latticeExtra_0.6-11
>>>>>> 
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