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Error when attempting to install tkrplot

3 messages · John, Pascal Oettli, Peter Dalgaard

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John
# 
I am getting following error when attempting to install the tkrplot
package.  

...
gcc -std=gnu99 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I/usr/include/tcl8.5
-I/usr/include/tcl8.5     -fpic  -O3 -pipe  -g  -c tcltkimg.c -o
tcltkimg.o tcltkimg.c:2:16: fatal error: tk.h: No such file or
directory compilation terminated. make: *** [tcltkimg.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ?tkrplot?
* removing ?/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/tkrplot?
...

My session information is:

R version 2.15.0 (2012-03-30)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 [7]
LC_PAPER=C                 LC_NAME=C                  LC_ADDRESS=C [10]
LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods
base     

other attached packages:
[1] fortunes_1.5-0

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_2.15.0


The capabilities(tcltk) query yields TRUE.  

Searching the /usr tree does not locate any file "tk.h."

JWDougherty
Pascal Oettli
# 
Hello,

It is not an R issue but a Linux issue. Please check you have tcl/tk installed on your system.

Best Regards,
Pascal


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De?: John <jwd at surewest.net>
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Envoy? le : Samedi 9 juin 2012 18h36
Objet?: [R] Error when attempting to install tkrplot

I am getting following error when attempting to install the tkrplot
package.? 

...
gcc -std=gnu99 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I/usr/include/tcl8.5
-I/usr/include/tcl8.5? ?  -fpic? -O3 -pipe? -g? -c tcltkimg.c -o
tcltkimg.o tcltkimg.c:2:16: fatal error: tk.h: No such file or
directory compilation terminated. make: *** [tcltkimg.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ?tkrplot?
* removing ?/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/tkrplot?
...

My session information is:

R version 2.15.0 (2012-03-30)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)

locale:
[1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8? ? ?  LC_NUMERIC=C
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8? ? LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 [7]
LC_PAPER=C? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  LC_NAME=C? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? LC_ADDRESS=C [10]
LC_TELEPHONE=C? ? ? ? ? ?  LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=C? ? ? 

attached base packages:
[1] stats? ?  graphics? grDevices utils? ?  datasets? methods
base? ? 

other attached packages:
[1] fortunes_1.5-0

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_2.15.0


The capabilities(tcltk) query yields TRUE.? 

Searching the /usr tree does not locate any file "tk.h."

JWDougherty

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Peter Dalgaard
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On Jun 9, 2012, at 11:36 , John wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
So the fix is to install it. Depending on your unstated Linux variant, that'll be tk-dev, tk-devel or so and install via yum, apt-get, or ...