I'm working on a mechanism that will download GTK+ (the official zip files) into a predetermined location and put that location in front of the other paths at load time. Hopefully this will resolve these continuing issues.
Michael On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:07 AM, Janko Thyson < janko.thyson.rst...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Okay, at least some positive result today (language issue ;-)) > > Thanks for trying. Seems like GTK2 and me are not meant to be ... > > Regards, > Janko > > > On 10.06.2011 14:36, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > >> It is a Microsoft error message, so your Windows is translating it, not R. >> It does say 'The specified module' in English Windows, without saying who >> specified the module (but it does often produce a popup naming the module). >> >> I've no better idea what your problem is: the @ReadMe instructions work >> for me, Uwe on winbuilder and in our teaching lab (and the advice in RGtk2 >> does not). >> >> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Janko Thyson wrote: >> >> On 10.06.2011 13:18, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: >>> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Janko Thyson wrote: >>> >>> Dear list, >>> >>> I've been trying to get gWidgets/gWidgetsRGtk2 to run >>> every other month for a while, but somehow I simply can't >>> figure out what's going wrong. >>> >>> >>> Your subject line indicates your confusion. It does not say >>> RGtk2.dll cannot be found (at least, the English version of the >>> message does not say so). >>> >>> What it means is that RGtk2.dll or one of the DLLs it depends on >>> cannot be found. See the instructions at >>> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.13/@ReadMe >>> >>> It is Microsoft's error message, not ours. >>> >>> >>> Thanks for your answer. I followed the advice in the readme file and >>> installed >>> >>> >>> http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtk+/2.22/gtk+-bundle_2.22.0-201010 >>> 16_win32.zip >>> Previously I made sure that all other previously installed GTK+ runtime >>> environments were removed and that the windows PATH reflects the correct >>> path to >>> the "new" GTK+ files. I also made sure I started a new R session before >>> trying >>> 'require(gWidgetsRGtk2)' again. Yet, the same error. More precisely, a >>> dialog box >>> pops up asking me to install GTK+ or not. That's what's confusing me as >>> well: the >>> package's recommendation with respect to the version of an GTK+ runtime >>> environment is somewhat out-of-sync with the advice in the readme, even >>> though it >>> the version is fairly recent (2011-04-30) >>> >>> Sorry for the german part in the error message, but I wasn't able to get >>> it all >>> to English (tried language = en in Rconsole file, setting up a >>> Renviron.site with >>> LANGUAGE=en, setting Sys.setenv("LANGUAGE"="en") and >>> Sys.setenv("LC_ALL"="en") to >>> no avail; not a good R day today ;-)). I freely translated it for you: >>> >>> Loading required package: gWidgetsRGtk2 >>> Loading required package: gWidgets >>> Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) : >>> unable to load shared object >>> 'R:/Apps/R/R-2.13.0/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/RGtk2.dll': >>> LoadLibrary failure: the specified module could not be found. >>> >>> Failed to load RGtk2 dynamic library, attempting to install it. >>> Learn more about GTK+ at http://www.gtk.org >>> If the package still does not load, please ensure that GTK+ is installed >>> and that >>> it is on your PATH environment variable >>> IN ANY CASE, RESTART R BEFORE TRYING TO LOAD THE PACKAGE AGAIN >>> Error : .onAttach failed in attachNamespace() for 'gWidgetsRGtk2', >>> details: >>> call: .Call(name, ..., PACKAGE = PACKAGE) >>> error: C symbol name "S_gtk_icon_factory_new" not in DLL for package >>> "RGtk2" >>> >>> Do you have any other idea what I might be doing wrong? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Janko >>> >>> >>> >>> I tried several distributions of the GTK runtime >>> environment for Windows >>> ( >>> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gladewin32/gtk-2.12.9-win32-1.exe >>> as described in the package's vignette, >>> http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtk+/2.22/gtk+-bundle_2.22.1-20101 >>> 227_win32.zip) >>> >>> I also included GTK in my Windows PATH. >>> >>> Yet, when I run 'require(gWidgetsRGtk2)', R complains >>> that the RGtk2.dll can't be found/loaded (see below). But >>> this file definitely exists. I'm running R-2.13.0 from a >>> USB Device but made sure that args 'destdir' and 'lib' >>> are set propperly in 'install.packages'. >>> >>> Loading required package: gWidgetsRGtk2 >>> Loading required package: gWidgets >>> Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) >>> : >>> unable to load shared object >>> 'R:/Apps/R/R-2.13.0/library/RGtk2/libs/i386/RGtk2.dll': >>> LoadLibrary failure: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht >>> gefunden. >>> >>> Failed to load RGtk2 dynamic library, attempting to >>> install it. >>> Learn more about GTK+ at http://www.gtk.org >>> If the package still does not load, please ensure that >>> GTK+ is installed and that it is on your PATH environment >>> variable >>> IN ANY CASE, RESTART R BEFORE TRYING TO LOAD THE PACKAGE >>> AGAIN >>> Error : .onAttach failed in attachNamespace() for >>> 'gWidgetsRGtk2', details: >>> call: .Call(name, ..., PACKAGE = PACKAGE) >>> error: C symbol name "S_gtk_icon_factory_new" not in DLL >>> for package "RGtk2" >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Janko >>> >>> R version 2.13.0 (2011-04-13) >>> Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit) >>> >>> locale: >>> [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252 >>> LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252 >>> [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C >>> [5] LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252 >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets >>> methods base >>> >>> other attached packages: >>> [1] gWidgets_0.0-44 >>> >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>> [1] gWidgetsRGtk2_0.0-74 RGtk2_2.20.12 >>> tools_2.13.0 >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> Janko Thyson >>> janko.thy...@googlemail.com >>> >>> Jesuitenstraße 3 >>> D-85049 Ingolstadt >>> >>> Mobile: +49 (0)176 83294257 >>> >>> This e-mail and any attachment is for authorized use by the intended >>> recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential >>> information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be >>> copied, disclosed to, retained or used by any other party. >>> If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this >>> e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
