> On Oct 17, 2017, at 7:56 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> >> On Oct 17, 2017, at 1:43 AM, Rainer Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> One question about home-brew installation: >> >> After upgrading to High Sierra (and update to R 3.4.2), I don’t get tcl-tk >> support in R. >> >> I get the following error: >> >> > library(tcltk) >> Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘tcltk’: >> .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'tcltk', details: >> call: fun(libname, pkgname) >> error: Tcl/Tk support is not available on this system >> In addition: Warning message: >> S3 methods ‘as.character.tclObj’, ‘as.character.tclVar’, >> ‘as.double.tclObj’, ‘as.integer.tclObj’, ‘as.logical.tclObj’, >> ‘as.raw.tclObj’, ‘print.tclObj’, ‘[[.tclArray’, ‘[[<-.tclArray’, >> ‘$.tclArray’, ‘$<-.tclArray’, ‘names.tclArray’, ‘names<-.tclArray’, >> ‘length.tclArray’, ‘length<-.tclArray’, ‘tclObj.tclVar’, ‘tclObj<-.tclVar’, >> ‘tclvalue.default’, ‘tclvalue.tclObj’, ‘tclvalue.tclVar’, >> ‘tclvalue<-.default’, ‘tclvalue<-.tclVar’, ‘close.tkProgressBar’ were >> declared in NAMESPACE but not found >> >> >> Is this a problem on my side, or is there a problem with R & homebrew & High >> Sierra & tcl-tk? > > Caveat. I know almost nothing about homebrew other than its function and the > fact that users of it often have problems with installing R properly. The > CRAN page for the Mac R 3.4.2 fork says: > > -------begin------- > Contains R 3.4.2 framework, R.app GUI 1.70 in 64-bit for Intel Macs, Tcl/Tk > 8.6.6 X11 libraries and Texinfo 5.2. The latter two components are optional > and can be ommitted when choosing "custom install", they are only needed if > you want to use the tcltk R package or build package documentation from > sources.
I intended that the next sentence be here (and wan't intending two copies of those sentences): Note: the use of X11 (including tcltk) requires XQuartz to be installed since it is no longer part of OS X. Always re-install XQuartz when upgrading your OS X to a new major version. > -----end---- > > So it makes me wonder if you need to add the correct versions of the > underlying system packages in a manner that your homebrew installation can > find them. (the 3.3 fork uses a differnt version of Tcl/Tk.) > > -- > David. > >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rainer >> >> >> -- >> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, >> UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) >> >> University of Zürich >> >> Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57 >> email: rai...@krugs.de >> Skype: RMkrug >> >> PGP: 0x0F52F982 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' > -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
