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Issues with tcltk for Tiger Mac OSX

2 messages · Bernard Leong, John Fox

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Dear R-helpers,

I have installed the latest version of R 2.1.1 in the Tiger OSX.
However, when I load up R and use the following command:
I encounter the following error:

Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local),
as.logical(now)) :
	unable to load shared library
'/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/tcltk/libs/tcltk.so':
  dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/tcltk/libs/tcltk.so,
10): corrupt binary, library ordinal too big
Error: .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'tcltk'
Error: package/namespace load failed for 'tcltk'

I have done a couple of remedies: 
1) Tried installing tcl and tk 8.4 from source
2) Tried to install the version of tcltk from the fink sourceforge net.
3) Tried to change the path

and it does not work.

Does anyone have a solution to this problem  as I need tcltk to run limmaGUI?

Best regards,
Bernard
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Dear Bernard,

The Rcmdr web site has some instructions prepared by Rob Goedman for Mac
users at
<http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes.html>
that might prove useful. (I'm not a Mac user myself so can't offer specific
advice.)

I hope this helps,
 John

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John Fox
Department of Sociology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
905-525-9140x23604
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox 
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