[R-SIG-Mac] Can't load on Rcmdr

[John Fox]

Dear Josh,

I'm not a frequent Mac user and my OS is Mountain Lion, so I can offer only
limited help. 

It appears as if the version of Tcl/Tk that's included now with the Mac OS X
release of R (I assume that you're using R 3.0.0 or 3.0.1) needs a newer
version of X-Windows than you have. You might try installing the version of
X-Windows from http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/, which is what's used
now that Apple has stopped shipping X-Windows with OS X. If this works,
please let me know and I'll modify the Rcmdr installation notes.

I'm also copying this response to Rob Goedman, who is much more
knowledgeable than I about Macs, and who has helped Mac OS X users of the
Rcmdr in the past.

Best,
 John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Lipkowitz [mailto:josh.lipkowitz at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 6:27 PM
> To: John Fox
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Can't load on Rcmdr
> 
> Thanks, John.
> 
> I tried all of these steps already, but, the same problems persist.  It
> appears to all be related to the tctlk package, which needs a version
> 14.0.0 but only has version 13.0.0.
> 
> Josh
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:59 PM, John Fox <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> 	Dear Josh,
> 
> 
> 
> 	> -----Original Message-----
> 	> From: r-sig-mac-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-sig-mac-
> bounces at r-
> 	> project.org] On Behalf Of Josh Lipkowitz
> 	> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:47 PM
> 	> To: r-sig-mac at r-project.org
> 	> Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] Can't load on Rcmdr
> 	>
> 	> Hi,
> 	>
> 	> I am trying to load the Rcmdr package.  I am running a Mac, OS
> 10.6.8.
> 	>  Below is the error message I get.  Any ideas?
> 
> 
> 	Yes, please read the Rcmdr installation notes for Mac users at <
> 	http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-
> notes.html>,
> 	paying particular attention to the instructions for Mac OS X 10.6.
> 
> 	I hope this helps,
> 	 John
> 
> 
> 	>
> 	> library(Rcmdr)
> 	> Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'tcltk', details:
> 	>   call: dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...)
> 	>   error: unable to load shared object
> 	>
> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.0/Resources/library/tcltk/l
> 	> ibs/tcltk.so':
> 	>
> 	>
> dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.0/Resources/library/t
> 	> cltk/libs/tcltk.so,
> 	> 10): Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
> 	>   Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/libtk8.6.dylib
> 	>   Reason: Incompatible library version: libtk8.6.dylib requires
> version
> 	> 14.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 13.0.0
> 	> Error: package or namespace load failed for  Rcmdr
> 	>
> 	> Thanks,
> 	>
> 	> Josh
> 	>
> 
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