ubuntu 12.04 install issues

Did you try first installing tk from the Ubuntu archive?

Cheers,

Simon.

Hello:

I have a new install of Ubuntu 12.04. I have tried to install R via source,
apt-get, and the deb packages from a cran mirror. Each of these had issues.
I followed the secure apt key install. The apt-get and deb installs each
have the same error. So, let's ignore the source install for now. This is the error:

sudo dpkg -i r-base-core_2.15.1-1precise2_i386.deb

(Reading database ... 244318 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace r-base-core 2.15.1-1precise2 (using r-base-core_2.15.1-1precise2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement r-base-core ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of r-base-core:
  r-base-core depends on tk8.5 (>= 8.5.0); however:
   Package tk8.5 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing r-base-core (--install):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
...
  r-base-core

Or, with apt-get

sudo apt-get install r-base-core

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  r-base-core : Depends: tk8.5 (>= 8.5.0) but it is not installable
                Recommends: r-recommended but it is not going to be installed
                Recommends: r-base-dev but it is not going to be installed
                Recommends: r-doc-html but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Obviously the hurdle here is tk8.5. I installed
ActiveTcl8.5.12.0.296033-linux-ix86-threaded.tar.gz from
http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads, which www.tcl.tk
suggested for obtaining binaries. This however did not make R
any happier. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
kc





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| Hello:
| 
| I have a new install of Ubuntu 12.04. I have tried to install R via source,
| apt-get, and the deb packages from a cran mirror. Each of these had issues.
| I followed the secure apt key install. The apt-get and deb installs each 
| have the same error. So, let's ignore the source install for now. This is the error:
| 
| >> sudo dpkg -i r-base-core_2.15.1-1precise2_i386.deb
| (Reading database ... 244318 files and directories currently installed.)
| Preparing to replace r-base-core 2.15.1-1precise2 (using r-base-core_2.15.1-1precise2_i386.deb) ...
| Unpacking replacement r-base-core ...
| dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of r-base-core:
| ?r-base-core depends on tk8.5 (>= 8.5.0); however:
| ? Package tk8.5 is not installed.
| dpkg: error processing r-base-core (--install):
| ?dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
| ...
| ?r-base-core

Package "tk8.5" is missing.

| Obviously the hurdle here is tk8.5. I installed 
| ActiveTcl8.5.12.0.296033-linux-ix86-threaded.tar.gz from 
| http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads, which www.tcl.tk
| suggested for obtaining binaries. This however did not make R
| any happier. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Why did you think that would matter? Why did you think you needed something
from outside Ubuntu itself>

Just use the regular tk8.5 package, which apt-get should have suggested
and pulled in anyway:

edd at max:~$ apt-cache policy tk8.5
tk8.5:
  Installed: 8.5.11-1
  Candidate: 8.5.11-1
  Version table:
 *** 8.5.11-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
edd at max:~$ dpkg -s tk8.5
Package: tk8.5
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 2963
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.5.11-1
Provides: wish
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.8.0), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxss1, tcl8.5 (>= 8.5.0)
Recommends: xterm | x-terminal-emulator
Conflicts: libtk-img (<< 1.2.5), tk40 (<= 4.0p3-2)
Description: Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.5 - run-time files
 Tk is a cross-platform graphical toolkit which provides the Motif
 look-and-feel and is implemented using the Tcl scripting language.
 This package contains everything you need to run Tk (wish) scripts
 and Tk-enabled apps.
Original-Maintainer: Tcl/Tk Debian Packagers <pkg-tcltk-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Homepage: http://www.tcl.tk/
edd at max:~$ 

Dirk

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