> On Nov 5, 2016, at 5:13 PM, Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca> wrote: > > Dear David, > > Sorry to chime in late -- I didn't read the messages in this thread until > just now.
I see no reason for an apology. 6 hour service on a weekend is damned good software support in my opinion. I'm glad to see my inferences confirmed about the XQuartz versioning as prime suspect. Best; David. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of David >> Winsemius >> Sent: November 5, 2016 3:43 PM >> To: varin sacha <varinsa...@yahoo.fr> >> Cc: R-help Mailing List <r-help@r-project.org> >> Subject: Re: [R] Problem with downloading library(Rcmdr) >> >> >>> On Nov 5, 2016, at 11:27 AM, varin sacha via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> Dear R-experts, >>> >>> Here below you will find my R sessionInfo. I have a problem with the >> library(Rcmdr). The error message is here below. How can I solve that problem >> ? >> >> I'm not an Rcmdr user and my Mac is too old to support Sierra so unable to >> attempt replication. All I am able offer is a search on what appear to be >> similar >> issues in the past. You do need to indicate your XQuartz version. I see there >> have been three recent releases suggesting to me that there might have been >> teething difficulties with the birth of the neanate Sierra. >> >> • XQuartz 2.7.11 - 2016-10-29 >> >> • XQuartz 2.7.10 - 2016-10-22 >> >> • XQuartz 2.7.9 - 2016-05-05 >> >> You might also mention in any follow-up whether this is being done inside >> MacGUI or at an R console launched from Terminal.app. >> >> Make sure you have reviewed: >> http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes.html >> >> >> Over the years there have been many questions regarding the three-way >> marriage of R, MacOS, and Rcmdr that relate to Tk/Tcl functions. Here's a >> relatively recent one that mentions the image function: >> >> http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.r-project.r-sig- >> mac+tcl+Rcmdr+image#query:list%3Aorg.r-project.r-sig- >> mac%20tcl%20Rcmdr%20image+page:1+mid:y5mgjtgtw65eqzfu+state:results >> > > The current Rcmdr Mac installation notes, to which you also pointed, reflect > this discussion. > >> >> So I think I would make sure you have a version of R that has Tcl and have >> the >> most uptodate X11 version (XQuartz) and once you do that and then try to >> reload R, load Rcmdr _before_ RcmdrMisc and before all those other packages. >> If you still get an error, then repost with version details of _all_ the >> components mentioned to the R-SIG-Mac mailing list and copy John Fox. >> (Might not be necessary to give him a copy since I think he monitors >> R-SIG-Mac >> for Rcmdr issues.) > > If one loads the Rcmdr package at the beginning of a session via > library(Rcmdr), then the dependencies that it needs to start up, such as > RcmdrMisc, will be loaded automatically. Other packages may be loaded during > an Rcmdr session as needed. > > By far the most common problem with getting the Rcmdr to work on Macs is > failure to install XQuartz or failure to reinstall it after updating the OS. > > I see from a subsequent message that varin sasha's problem has been solved. > > Thanks for trying to help. > > Best, > John > >> >> >> -- >> David. >>> >>> >>> Many thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> sessionInfo() >>> R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31) >>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit) Running under: macOS >>> Sierra 10.12 >>> >>> locale: >>> [1] fr_CH.UTF-8/fr_CH.UTF-8/fr_CH.UTF-8/C/fr_CH.UTF-8/fr_CH.UTF-8 >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] splines stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods >>> base >>> >>> other attached packages: >>> [1] RcmdrMisc_1.0-5 sandwich_2.3-4 car_2.1-3 >>> >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>> [1] Rcpp_0.12.7 tcltk2_1.2-11 nloptr_1.0.4 >>> RColorBrewer_1.1-2 >> plyr_1.8.4 class_7.3-14 >>> [7] tools_3.3.2 digest_0.6.10 rpart_4.1-10 lme4_1.1-12 >> gtable_0.2.0 nlme_3.1-128 >>> [13] htmlTable_1.7 lattice_0.20-34 mgcv_1.8-15 >>> Matrix_1.2-7.1 >> parallel_3.3.2 SparseM_1.72 >>> [19] relimp_1.0-5 e1071_1.6-7 gridExtra_2.2.1 Rcmdr_2.3-1 >> stringr_1.1.0 cluster_2.0.5 >>> [25] knitr_1.14 MatrixModels_0.4-1 grid_3.3.2 nnet_7.3-12 >> data.table_1.9.6 tcltk_3.3.2 >>> [31] readxl_0.1.1 survival_2.40-1 foreign_0.8-67 >>> latticeExtra_0.6-28 >> minqa_1.2.4 Formula_1.2-1 >>> [37] ggplot2_2.1.0 magrittr_1.5 htmltools_0.3.5 Hmisc_4.0-0 >> scales_0.4.0 MASS_7.3-45 >>> [43] abind_1.4-5 pbkrtest_0.4-6 colorspace_1.2-7 >>> quantreg_5.29 >> stringi_1.1.2 acepack_1.4.1 >>> [49] munsell_0.4.3 chron_2.3-47 zoo_1.7-13 >>> >>> >>>> library(Rcmdr) >>> Error : .onAttach a échoué dans attachNamespace() pour 'Rcmdr', détails : >>> appel : structure(.External(.C_dotTclObjv, objv), class = "tclObj") >>> erreur : [tcl] invalid command name "image". >>> >>> Erreur : le chargement du package ou de l'espace de noms a échoué pour >> 'Rcmdr' >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> 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. >> >> David Winsemius >> Alameda, CA, USA >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. 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