[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Full_Name: Robert King > Version: 2.1.1 > OS: Linux (debian stable, with backport R) > Submission from: (NULL) (142.58.147.28) > > > update.packages documentation (and code, from what I can make out) says: > > ask: logical indicating whether to ask user before packages are > actually downloaded and installed, or the character string > '"graphics"', which brings up a widget to allow the user to > (de-)select from the list of packages which could be updated. > The latter only works on systems with a GUI version of > 'select.list', and is otherwise equivalent to 'ask = TRUE'. > > But, if I try ask=TRUE, it tries loading the Tcl/Tk interface (which I found > out > because I'm doing this remotely and it crashed. > > > update.packages(ask=TRUE) > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... Error in fun(...) : Tcl already loaded > Error: .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'tcltk' > > On the other hand, if I log out and ssh back with X forwarding turned off, it > does the right thing,
This is unrelated to ask=TRUE. It is during the choice of CRAN site that R is trying to fire up a Tk listbox (it might be debated whether this is a good idea, but it _is_ intentional). If you set the repository yourself, this won't happen. The error looks a bit odd though. The logic is supposed to be that either you have Tcl/Tk capabilities and you get the popup, or you don't and get a text menu. So something appears not right with your Tcl/Tk configuration. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
