On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Simon Urbanek
<simon.urbanek@r-project.org>wrote:

> On Mar 5, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Federico Calboli <f.calboli@imperial.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > On 4 Mar 2014, at 18:41, Davor Cubranic <cubranic@stat.ubc.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> If you don't care about Tcl/Tk, you could also install R without it.
> Just choose "Customize" in the installer and unselect it.
> >
> > isn't there a different tcl/tk framework that one can use anyway?  I'm
> referring to the active state one (
> http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads)
> >
>
> No, because it doesn't work with R.app since that Tcl/Tk build assumes
> it's controlling the application and system event loop.
>

Is this also true the other way? I mean, does the R Tcl/Tk work with other
OSX apps that need Tcl/Tk?

Gabor, another person annoyed by R and homebrew not playing well
together.....


>
> Cheers,
> S
>
>
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Davor
> >>
> >> On Feb 28, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Federico Calboli <f.calboli@imperial.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Simon,
> >>>
> >>> <snip>
> >>>
> >>>> Unfortunately HB installs by default in /usr/local and requires full
> control so you cannot have native libraries and HB in the same place at the
> same time. So essentially you have to pick one or the other. There are two
> options:
> >>>>
> >>>> a) install HB in another place. This allows you to keep native
> libraries in /usr/local and parallel HB. HB is less tested that way,
> though, so that's why HB is shy of recommending it.
> >>>>
> >>>> b) ignore HB's moaning. It should be ok as long as you don't install
> tcl/tk via HB. It may get complicated if dependencies detect tcl/tk so for
> safety you could rename the .pc files and the t*Config.sh files if you
> don't expect to compile R packages that depend on tcl/tk.
> >>>
> >>> I am ignoring the moanings of brew doctor.  I generally try and avoid
> compiling R packages if at all possible, and I never used stuff that uses
> tcl/tk (that I know of).  My main concern is that I want to install SciPy
> and Python 3 (assuming this can be done in a way that will not get
> Mavericks throw a fit) and that might -- or not -- get some tcl/tk action in.
>  If not, R.app and HB can live together for all I care.
> >>>
> >>> Best
> >>>
> >>> F
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Simon
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> BW
> >>>>>
> >>>>> F
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> PS  I also asked on apple stack, but I haven't go any reasonable
> answer thus far and I'd rather get going.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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