In fun(libname, pkgname) : couldn't connect to display ":0" suggests that X11 is not running. Note that X11 is no longer part of OS X since Mountain Lion.
Cheers, Simon On Oct 4, 2012, at 4:32 PM, John Fox wrote: > Dear Marco, > > To provide some background, you and I have corresponded about your problem, > and now at least you appear to have the tcltk package installed. Did you > reinstall R as I suggested? > > Have you checked that tcltk is working, following the instructions I sent > you in an earlier email? > > I don't believe that the Rcmdr ever calls tk_messageBox directly, but there > is a tk_messageBox() function in tcltk, and you can check whether this is > the source (or a symptom) of the problem by issuing the following commands > in a fresh R session: > > library(tcltk) > tk_messageBox(message="test") > > That should, as the function name suggests, bring up a Tk message box. > > Also I'm not sure what's going on with 'couldn't connect to display ":0"', > which suggests an X-Windows issue. > > Finally, I'm moving this discussion to r-sig-mac, where you're more likely > to get knowledgeable assistance. > > Best, > John > > ----------------------------------------------- > John Fox > Senator McMaster Professor of Social Statistics > Department of Sociology > McMaster University > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] >> On Behalf Of Marco Mello >> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:57 PM >> To: r-help@r-project.org >> Subject: [R] problem with the installation of r commander on a mac >> >> Dear list members, >> >> Im trying to install R Commander under Mac OSX Mountain Lion (10.8.2). >> After following all the steps described in the installation notes >> (http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation- >> notes.html), I got this error message: >> >> ===== >> Loading required package: tcltk >> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done >> Loading required package: car >> Loading required package: MASS >> Loading required package: nnet >> Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'Rcmdr', details: >> call: structure(.External("dotTclObjv", objv, PACKAGE = "tcltk"), >> class = "tclObj") >> error: [tcl] invalid command name "tk_messageBox". >> >> In addition: Warning message: >> In fun(libname, pkgname) : couldn't connect to display ":0" >> Error: package/namespace load failed for Rcmdr >> ===== >> >> The strange thing is that Ive installed Tcl/Tk and XQuark as >> recommended. >> >> Ive also tried uninstalling R, reinstalling the latest version (2.15.1 >> signed) and all packages, and following the same official steps again. >> It didnt work neither. >> >> Could you please help me? R Commander always worked fine on my iMac, >> until I updated to Mountain Lion. >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Marco >> >> >> ************************ >> Prof. Dr. Marco A. R. Mello >> Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais >> ICB - Depto. Biologia Geral >> http://marcomello.casadosmorcegos.org >> marme...@gmail.com >> ************************ >> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > r-sig-...@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
