The Rcmdr menu does not appear. However, I tried an experiment: I downloaded the R-2.10.0.tar.gz file and installed via ./configure, make, and all was well for Rcmdr.
Thanks, Erin 2009/11/23 Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>: > > > Erin Hodgess wrote: >> >> Hello again. >> >> I did the update and it worked well, except for one thing: the Rcmdr >> doesn't work anymore. >> >> Has that come up before please? > > > Not that I know. But what does "doesn't work anymore" mean precisely? > > Uwe > > >> Thank you for all of your help. >> >> Sincerely, >> Erin >> >> >> >> Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>: >>> >>> Erin Hodgess wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear R People: >>>> >>>> I just installed R-2.10.0 on Karmic Koala Ubuntu, via the sudo apt-get >>>> install r-base, etc. >>>> >>>> However, when I try to install an Rcmdr Plugin package, I get the >>>> following: >>>> >>>>> install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual",depen=TRUE) >>>> >>>> Warning in install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual", depen = TRUE) : >>>> argument 'lib' is missing: using '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library' >>>> Warning in install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual", depen = TRUE) : >>>> 'lib = "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library"' is not writable >>>> Would you like to create a personal library >>>> '~/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.10' >>>> to install packages into? (y/n) y >>>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- >>>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done >>>> also installing the dependency ‘qcc’ >>>> >>>> trying URL >>>> 'http://cran.opensourceresources.org/src/contrib/qcc_2.0.tar.gz' >>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 163556 bytes (159 Kb) >>>> opened URL >>>> ================================================== >>>> downloaded 159 Kb >>>> >>>> trying URL >>>> >>>> 'http://cran.opensourceresources.org/src/contrib/RcmdrPlugin.qual_0.4.0.tar.gz' >>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3545 bytes >>>> opened URL >>>> ================================================== >>>> downloaded 3545 bytes >>>> >>>> * installing *source* package ‘qcc’ ... >>>> ** R >>>> ** data >>>> ** demo >>>> ** inst >>>> ** preparing package for lazy loading >>>> ** help >>>> *** installing help indices >>>> ** building package indices ... >>>> * DONE (qcc) >>>> * installing *source* package ‘RcmdrPlugin.qual’ ... >>>> ** R >>>> ** inst >>>> ** preparing package for lazy loading >>>> Warning: package 'Rcmdr' was built under R version 2.8.1 and help may >>>> not work correctly >>>> Loading required package: tcltk >>>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done >>>> The Commander GUI is launched only in interactive sessions >>>> >>>> Attaching package: 'Rcmdr' >>>> >>>> >>>> The following object(s) are masked from package:tcltk : >>>> >>>> tclvalue >>>> >>>> Warning: package 'rgl' was built under R version 2.8.1 and help may >>>> not work correctly >>>> Warning: package 'abind' was built under R version 2.8.1 and help may >>>> not work correctly >>>> Error : This is R 2.10.0, package 'MASS' needs <= 2.9.2 >>>> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package ‘RcmdrPlugin.qual’ >>>> * removing >>>> ‘/home/erin/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.10/RcmdrPlugin.qual’ >>>> >>>> The downloaded packages are in >>>> ‘/tmp/RtmpioC2DR/downloaded_packages’ >>>> Warning message: >>>> In install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual", depen = TRUE) : >>>> installation of package 'RcmdrPlugin.qual' had non-zero exit status >>>> >>>> The line that looks particularly strange is the 'MASS needs <= 2.9.2. >>> >>> Erin, >>> >>> the MASS you have installed in one of your current libraries needs R <= >>> 2.9.2 (perhaps in /usr/local/lib/R/site-library ?) >>> >>> Please run >>> update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE) >>> and packages in your library will be updated. >>> >>> If the one in /usr/local/lib/R/site-library can't be updated, because you >>> do >>> not have write permissions there, please remove it from the library path. >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> Uwe Ligges >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Could that be the problem, please? >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance for any help. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Erin >>>> >>>> >> >> >> > -- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ 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.