[R-SIG-Mac] Rcmdr start-up issue

Robert Baer rbaer at atsu.edu
Sun Oct 8 18:42:38 CEST 2017 

> On Oct 4, 2017, at 10:26 AM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> 
> Dear Robert,
> 
> If I understand you correctly, you had to agree to the Xcode license in order to get the tcltk and Rcmdr packages to work. That wasn't my experience. Is it possible that you did something else, like rebooting your computer after installing XQuartz?
> 
> The reason I ask is that I want to understand what went wrong in case someone else has a similar problem in future.
> 
> Best,
> John

Unfortunately, I can’t remember the details very clearly.  My memory is that I chose the XQuartz link from the CRAN page and installed, but I don’t remember if I rebooted for sure.  It is possible that I did not.  I also do not specifically remember if I did a license agreement step although I imagine I did.  

 I have done some cookbook homebrew and pip incantations on this machine that I suppose could contribute to a “my fault” situation here.  

Thanks again for your help and I’ll be eves dropping on this list going forward to see if it is newbie  (lack of) skills that was my downfall or something more real.

Rob

> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robert Baer [mailto:rbaer at atsu.edu]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 10:09 AM
>> To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
>> Cc: r-sig-mac at r-project.org
>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Rcmdr start-up issue
>> 
>> Thanks so much for taking the time to respond.   I followed the Xcode
>> instructions in your first paragraph and  instructions and everything is working
>> now as expected.  Not sure what happened before.  As of last year, more that
>> half my students now live in the Mac world, so it seems I need to up my skill
>> level.
>> 
>> Enjoyed the little tcltk exercise/test you supplied.    Thanks again.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Rob
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/3/2017 7:35 PM, Fox, John wrote:
>>> Dear Robert,
>>> 
>>> As a brief addendum to my previous message, I’ve now installed the
>>> newest version of Xcode, and I still have no trouble using the Rcmdr package.
>>> 
>>> I did get the following message when I initially loaded the Rcmdr package:
>>> “Agreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please
>>> run “sudo xcodebuild -license” and then retry this command.” But the
>>> Rcmdr loaded properly both before *and* after I followed the
>>> instruction in the message.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>>  John
>>> 
>>> -------------------------------------
>>> John Fox, Professor Emeritus
>>> McMaster University
>>> Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
>>> Web: http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2017-10-03, 1:03 PM, "R-SIG-Mac on behalf of Fox, John"
>>> <r-sig-mac-bounces at r-project.org on behalf of jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dear Robert,
>>>> 
>>>> The most common Rcmdr problem on macOS is failure to install XQuartz,
>>>> which is required by the tcltk package. If you haven't installed
>>>> XQuartz, then start there, and remember to reboot after the XQuartz
>> installation:
>>>> <https://www.xquartz.org/>. For more details, please see the Rcmdr
>>>> installation notes for macOS at
>>>> <http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes
>>>> .html
>>>>> . You should be able to use the Rcmdr from R.app, a terminal window,
>>>>> or RStudio.
>>>> On the other hand, if you *have* installed XQuartz and rebooted, and
>>>> the problem still occurs, then see whether you can load and use the
>>>> tcltk package directly, without the Rcmdr; try, e.g. (from
>>>> ?TkWidgets),
>>>> 
>>>> 	library(tcltk)
>>>> 	tt <- tktoplevel()
>>>> 	label.widget <- tklabel(tt, text = "Hello, World!")
>>>> 	button.widget <- tkbutton(tt, text = "Push",command =
>>>> function()cat("OW!\n"))
>>>> 	tkpack(label.widget, button.widget)
>>>> 
>>>> Finally, your setup is very similar to mine -- that is, I haven't yet
>>>> upgraded my Mac to R 3.4.2 (which I don't think is built yet for
>>>> macOS) but all my R packages are up-to-date. An exception is that I
>>>> haven't yet installed the latest version of Xcode, which I'll do now
>>>> to see what happens. It's unclear to me from your message whether the
>>>> Rcmdr package worked before you installed the newest Xcode.
>>>> 
>>>> I hope this helps,
>>>> John
>>>> 
>>>> --------------------------------------
>>>> John Fox, Professor Emeritus
>>>> McMaster University
>>>> Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
>>>> Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: R-SIG-Mac [mailto:r-sig-mac-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf
>>>>> Of Robert Baer
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:25 AM
>>>>> To: r-sig-mac at r-project.org
>>>>> Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] Rcmdr start-up issue
>>>>> 
>>>>> I seem to be having a problem starting Rcmdr:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> library(Rcmdr)
>>>>> Loading required package: splines
>>>>> Loading required package: RcmdrMisc
>>>>> Loading required package: car
>>>>> Loading required package: sandwich
>>>>> Loading required package: effects
>>>>> Loading required package: carData
>>>>> 
>>>>> Attaching package: ‘carData’
>>>>> 
>>>>> The following objects are masked from ‘package:car’:
>>>>> 
>>>>>     Guyer, UN, Vocab
>>>>> 
>>>>> lattice theme set by effectsTheme()
>>>>> See ?effectsTheme for details.
>>>>> Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘Rcmdr’:
>>>>>  package ‘tcltk’ does not have a namespace I tried first from
>>>>> within RStudio, then from R itself. Same outcome.
>>>>> Reinstalling Rcmdr, tcltk or tcltk2 package did not seem to help.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I’m brand new to mac, so I may be missing something basic.  On the
>>>>> other hand I should confess to just having just “updated” Xcode.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> R.Version()
>>>>> $platform
>>>>> [1] "x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $arch
>>>>> [1] "x86_64"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $os
>>>>> [1] "darwin15.6.0"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $system
>>>>> [1] "x86_64, darwin15.6.0"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $status
>>>>> [1] ""
>>>>> 
>>>>> $major
>>>>> [1] "3"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $minor
>>>>> [1] "4.1"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $year
>>>>> [1] "2017"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $month
>>>>> [1] "06"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $day
>>>>> [1] "30"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $`svn rev`
>>>>> [1] "72865"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $language
>>>>> [1] "R"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $version.string
>>>>> [1] "R version 3.4.1 (2017-06-30)"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $nickname
>>>>> [1] "Single Candle"
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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