New GTK+ [Was: rggobi: Installation problems on OS X Snow Leopard]

Elisabeth,

rggobi is currently not available from CRAN because RGtk2 (which is  
required by rggobi) does not work with 64-bit R.

You can try to compile your own rggobi in 32-bit (at your own risk)  
as follows:

a) install Xcode from the Snow Leopard DVD (if you didn't already)

b) download and install GTK+ and ggobi -- e.g. by typing this in the  
Terminal:

cd /tmp
curl -O http://r.research.att.com/libs/GTK+_2.14.3-X11-darwin8-bin2.tar.gz
curl -O http://r.research.att.com/libs/ggobi-2.1.8-darwin8-bin2.tar.gz
# after the next line it will ask you for your password
sudo tar fxz GTK+_2.14.3-X11-darwin8-bin2.tar.gz -C /
sudo tar fxz ggobi-2.1.8-darwin8-bin2.tar.gz -C /
rm -f GTK+_2.14.3-X11-darwin8-bin2.tar.gz
rm -f ggobi-2.1.8-darwin8-bin2.tar.gz

c) install RGtk2 and rggobi form sources -- again in Terminal:

export PATH=/Library/Frameworks/GTK+.framework/Resources/bin:/usr/ 
local/ggobi/bin:$PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/Library/Frameworks/GTK+.framework/Resources/ 
lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/ggobi/lib/pkgconfig

cd /tmp
curl -O http://cran.at.r-project.org/src/contrib/RGtk2_2.12.15.tar.gz
curl -O http://cran.at.r-project.org/src/contrib/rggobi_2.1.14.tar.gz

# this will take forever so be patient ...
R --arch=i386 CMD INSTALL RGtk2_2.12.15.tar.gz
R --arch=i386 CMD INSTALL rggobi_2.1.14.tar.gz

# that's it -- note that you'll need X11 of course

Cheers,
Simon



On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:47 , Elizabeth Nichols wrote:

Hello:
I have successfully installed both R and R64  for Apple OS X from
CRAN  plus GTK+2.14 and GGobi 2.1.8 from:
http://www.ggobi.org/downloads

I launch either R or R64 and try to install the rrgobi package and  
get
(with R64) the following:

R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14)
Copyright (C) 2009 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
ISBN 3-900051-07-0

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.

Natural language support but running in an English locale

R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
Type 'contributors()' for more information and
'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.

Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
Type 'q()' to quit R.

[R.app GUI 1.31 (5537) x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0]

install.packages("rggobi")

--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
package ?rggobi? is not available

I get substantially the same thing with R.

Here is some info about my OS:
System Version:       Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540)
Kernel Version:       Darwin 10.2.0
Boot Mode:    Normal
Secure Virtual Memory:        Not Enabled
64-bit Kernel and Extensions: No

What am I doing wrong?  Any help would be MOST appreciated.
Thanks
Betsy


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