Dear Candice, I'm glad that you were able to get everything to work. The message offering to install additional packages on initial Rcmdr start-up is expected, as is mentioned in the R Commander installation notes.
My guess is that you didn't log out or reboot after installing XQuartz, something that the R Commander Mac installation notes tell you to do. It's a good idea to keep the R-SIG-Mac list in the loop so that others who experience a similar problem will see the solution, so I've cc'ed the list. Best, John > -----Original Message----- > From: Candice Chan [mailto:aurorasea...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:17 AM > To: Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca> > Subject: RE: [R-SIG-Mac] R commander installation problem (Mac OSX > Capitan) > > Hi John, > > Thank you very much for your detailed explanation. I have already > checked out that webpage before posting but did not solve my problem. > Tried the tcltk check and it was not working. So I rebooted the system, > restarted R, tried to run Rcmdr and it now tells me to install some > missing softwares. Now, Rcmdr is finally working and thank you very > much! > > C > > > > From: j...@mcmaster.ca > > To: aurorasea...@hotmail.com > > CC: r-sig-mac@r-project.org > > Subject: RE: [R-SIG-Mac] R commander installation problem (Mac OSX > > Capitan) > > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 12:41:51 +0000 > > > > 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 > > > > ----------------------------- > > 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-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf > > > Of Candice Chan > > > Sent: June 1, 2016 7:31 AM > > > To: r-sig-mac@r-project.org > > > Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] R commander installation problem (Mac OSX > > > Capitan) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
