[R-SIG-Mac] R commander installation problem (Mac OSX Capitan)

[Fox, John]

Dear Candice,

Your message is a bit hard to read -- R-SIG-Mac list doesn't accept HTML email and reformatted the message. Also, although you don't say so, I assume that you're using the current versions of R and the Rcmdr package. If you haven't already done so, please read the R Commander installation notes at <http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes.html>.

I don't know the source of your problem but it may help to try to isolate it. First, see whether the tcltk package -- a standard part of R -- is working. In a fresh session, type the command library(tcltk) at the > R command prompt and then the command tk_messageBox(message="test") . If that doesn't work, as is likely, you'll know that the problem isn't peculiar to the Rcmdr package.

Second, if you haven't already done so, log out of your account and then back in -- or just reboot your Mac -- and try again. You have to log out after installing XQuartz.

Next, try running R in a Mac terminal window (just type R at the terminal command prompt) rather than using R.app. See whether the tcltk and Rcmdr packages work when you bypass R.app.

Finally, try reinstalling everything -- R, the Rcmdr package, and XQuartz. Reboot and try again.

Let us know what happens.

I hope this helps,
 John

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John Fox, Professor
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox



> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-SIG-Mac [mailto:r-sig-mac-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of
> Candice Chan
> Sent: June 1, 2016 7:31 AM
> To: r-sig-mac at r-project.org
> Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] R commander installation problem (Mac OSX Capitan)
> 
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> 
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> Hello, I am completely new to using R and I'm trying to install it onto my laptop
> (Mac Capitan 10.11.5). I have downloaded R commander, and also ensured I
> installed the latest X Quartz. I then run "library(Rcmdr)", but received the
> following message: Loading required package: splinesLoading required
> package: RcmdrMiscLoading required package: carLoading required package:
> sandwichError : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'Rcmdr', details:  call:
> structure(.External(.C_dotTclObjv, objv), class = "tclObj")  error: [tcl] invalid
> command name "tk_messageBox".Error: package or namespace load failed for
> �Rcmdr�I searched for help and some previous posts suggested running X
> quartz in the background and restarting R, and try again. However that failed
> to solve the problem. I would really appreciate your help and advice on this.
> Thank you very much Candice NUS Student
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