[R-SIG-Mac] function data.entry() doesn't work and generate error

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 14/10/2015 12:45, peter dalgaard wrote:
>
> On 14 Oct 2015, at 11:37 , Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Well, it appears that your build (which is not one of those supported here) did not include X11, and that must have been purposely excluded.
>>
>> So the error is correct and the warning adds information ....  To use data.entry() you need to be using R.app, Windows or have R compiled to use X11 and and X server available.
>>
>> Note that building R as a framework only makes sense if you install the framework in a standard location, not /usr/local/Cellar/r/3.2.2_1/ .
>
> ...but isn't the Cellar a standard location for keeping homebrewed beverages?

But not for a framework:

'Note: The standard locations for frameworks are the 
/System/Library/Frameworks directory and the /Library/Frameworks 
directory on the local system.'

[https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFrameworks/Tasks/IncludingFrameworks.html]

>
> At any rate, this needs to be taken up with homebrew experts. There may well be a switch to turn on X11 support, but I suspect not many on this list has the know-how.
>
> -pd
>
>
>>
>> On 14/10/2015 09:26, Davide Radice wrote:
>>> Hi to all.
>>>
>>> Function data.entry() doesn't work and generate error on Mac OS X
>>> 10.11 with R version 3.2.2 (installed via Homebrew).
>>>
>>> ************
>>>> cheese = c(1,2,3)
>>>> data.entry(cheese)
>>> error: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/otool:
>>> can't open file:
>>> /usr/local/Cellar/r/3.2.2_1/R.framework/Resources/modules/R_de.so (No
>>> such file or directory)
>>> Error in dataentry(odata, as.list(Modes)) : X11 is not available
>>> Inoltre: Warning message:
>>> running command ''/usr/bin/otool' -L
>>> '/usr/local/Cellar/r/3.2.2_1/R.framework/Resources/modules/R_de.so''
>>> had status 1
>>> ************
>>>
>>> It seems that is due to the lack of a file in modules folder. In
>>> folder /usr/local/Cellar/r/3.2.2_1/R.framework/Resources/modules/ I
>>> can find only these two files:
>>> internet.so
>>> lapack.so
>>>
>>> My configuration:
>>>
>>> R:
>>> R version 3.2.2 (2015-08-14) -- "Fire Safety"
>>> Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.0.0 (64-bit)
>>>
>>> Operative system:
>>> System Version: OS X 10.11 (15A284)
>>> Kernel Version: Darwin 15.0.0
>>>
>>> brew:
>>> 0.9.5 (git revision bfbc3f; last commit 2015-10-13)
>>>
>>> Hardware:
>>> Model Name: iMac
>>> Model Identifier: iMac14,2
>>> Processor Name: Intel Core i5
>>> Processor Speed: 3,2 GHz
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>> Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, University of Oxford
>> 1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG, UK
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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, University of Oxford
1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG, UK