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10 messages · David Winsemius, Brian Ripley, Mikhail Beketov +2 more

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David Winsemius
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On Jul 12, 2009, at 4:35 PM, Mikhail Beketov wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
What happens when you look at the contents of:

/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.9/Resources/library/tcltk/ 
libs/i386/

... with either the Finder or using a Terminal session. Is it there?

            

      
      
      
    

        
And when you look at the contents of /usr/X11R6/lib/ with a Terminal  
session. Is it there?

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        
David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Brian Ripley
    

    

      
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See the FAQ sections 8 and 2.1.4, e.g.

X11 window system is necessary to use the X11 device in R and other 
devices that rely on X11.
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Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) and 10.4 (Tiger) include X11 on the 
installation CD/DVD, however, it is not selected by default. If it is 
not installed, you can re-install it using the original installation 
CD/DVD. 
...

The error message indicates that your machine either does not have X11 
installed or it is not installed properly.

        
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009, Mikhail Beketov wrote:

        

            

      
      
      
    

        

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        
      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      David Winsemius
    

    

      
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On Jul 13, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Mikhail Beketov wrote:

        

            

      
      
      
    

        
The error message is suggesting there is some problem with loading  
that    file. Have your rebuilt permissions recently? Disk Utility.app  
is the the approapriate starting poit for permissions fixes.

            

      
      
      
    

        
So it is in a location where R is not expecting to find it. I will bow  
out now, since I am not sure that reinstalling X11 in the /usr/ tree  
is the right strategy (or even needed ... see below). There may be a  
path argument that could be set, but I would need to read through the  
available manual material before I maybe got a clue.( And then it  
would still be a guess.)

            

      
      
      
    

        
There is an application named Terminal (or Terminal.app)  which is by  
default in your Applications/Utilities/ folder. It lets you execute  
Unix commands. I am not able to see the /usr/ folder tree with my  
Finder setup, so I can only look at it with Terminal. Maybe someone  
has a hint about how to let Finder peek behind the Unix curtain.

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        
David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Marc Schwartz
    

    

      
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On Jul 13, 2009, at 3:11 PM, David Winsemius wrote:

        

            

      
      
      
    

        
For brief information on Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities):

   http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/10.5/en/duh17.html

            

      
      
      
    

        
David,

To enable Finder to display 'hidden' files and folders, open a  
Terminal and paste in:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder


Finder will restart after the last command.

Note that doing this will also display files that begin with a '.'  
which are normally hidden, but which can be beneficial to show. Files  
such as .RData and configuration files such as .emacs will now be  
visible. However you will also see files such as .DS_Store in each  
folder and on the Desktop, which is a system file for Finder. It will  
also show these hidden files and folders files when installing new  
applications, which risks confusing folks.

To re-enable the default Finder behavior, paste this in to a Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder


HTH,

Marc Schwartz

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        
      

    

    

      
      

        
      

    

    
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      Loren Engrav
    

    

      
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Greetings

I have a Mac PowerBook with 10.4.11 that did not have R on it but it did
have X11 1.1.3 - Free86 4.4.0 but no Xcode Tools

So I installed R-2.9-branch-48932.dmg

Then with the GUI and Package Manager tried to install tcltk; got the same
error message you did

Then installed tcltk-8.5.5-X11.dmg; and the error went away and install
proceeded to done

This would suggest install from scratch, tho painful, would solve the
problem