Clean install of R 2.6.2 - soft links

Hi,

I recently tried to re-install R 2.6.2.dmg from R 2.5 similar to  
Brendan below.  I also got an installer error associated with tcl/tk.  I 
removed R and all the associate receipts (including for tcl) and tried 
to reinstall, but got the same error.

As you suggested to Brendan, I have looked in /usr/local and 
/usr/local/lib.  I get the following error with trying to cd to 
/usr/local/lib:

-bash: cd: lib: Too many levels of symbolic links

I know that system did not have this problem before I tried to reinstall 
R. 

But I have not idea how to figure out where the symbolic loop is, 
especially if I can't even open the directory.

Can you please help.

Thanks,

Shelah
  

Brendan,

you have likely an infinite softlink in /usr/local. Please verify that  
your /usr/local and /usr/local/lib is in order. If the error still  
persists, please send us the installer log from the failed installation.

Cheers,
Simon

PS: Please don't set high-priority flags on your emails, it's  
superfluous and considered rude by some.

On Apr 11, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Brendan Casey wrote:

    

/ Hello,
      

/>/
/>/ I had problems with rcmdr and tcl/tk before but straightened them
/>/ out.  this time, I am really stuck.
/>/
/>/ I was having alot of issues with Rgrphviz so I fiured I would just
/>/ start over.  I uninstalled all the R folder, libraries, frameworks,
/>/ and packages.  I then downloaded the latest (2008-02-08) version of R
/>/ 2.6.2 for my Mac OSX (10.4.11)  I also have X11 installed (1.1.3) and
/>/ was able to run some sort of X11 update from apple.  I also tried
/>/ xcode tools download from apple, but it didnt give me an option to
/>/ install X11 again.
/>/
/>/ When I install R from the disk image, it says that there was an error
/>/ with the installation.  When i try to install the tcl/tk package
/>/ alone, it also says error with the installation.  It seems like its
/>/ installing R and Rgui, but nothing else.
/>/
/>/ After starting R (gui) I installed rcmdr and the dependencies.  I
/>/ then started X11 and tried to load rcmdr.  Here is what I got:
/>/
/>/ Loading required package: tcltk
/>/ Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... Error in fun(...) :
/>/   Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:
/>/     @TCL_IN_FRAMEWORK@ @TCL_IN_FRAMEWORK@
/>/
/>/ This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.
/>/
/>/ In addition: Warning messages:
/>/ 1: In library() :
/>/   library '/Users/brendancasey/Library/R/2.6/library' contains no
/>/ packages
/>/ 2: In library() :
/>/   library '/Users/brendancasey/Library/R/2.6/library' contains no
/>/ packages
/>/ Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'tcltk'
/>/ Error: package 'tcltk' could not be loaded
/>/ ____________________________
/>/ I dont mind uninstalling more folders and starting from scratch (X11,
/>/ R, Rgui, etc), but I am not prepared to reinstall my OS if that is
/>/ what it will take.
/>/
/>/ Can someone please help me with this?
/>/
/>/ Brendan Casey
/>/ bcasey1 at  hotmail  dot  com
/>/ _______________________________________________
/>/ R-SIG-Mac mailing list
/>/ R-SIG-Mac at stat.math.ethz.ch <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac>
/>/ https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
/>/
/>/
/
    

Hi,

I recently tried to re-install R 2.6.2.dmg from R 2.5 similar to
Brendan below.  I also got an installer error associated with tcl/ 
tk.  I
removed R and all the associate receipts (including for tcl) and tried
to reinstall, but got the same error.

As you suggested to Brendan, I have looked in /usr/local and
/usr/local/lib.  I get the following error with trying to cd to
/usr/local/lib:

-bash: cd: lib: Too many levels of symbolic links

I know that system did not have this problem before I tried to  
reinstall
R.

But I have not idea how to figure out where the symbolic loop is,
especially if I can't even open the directory.

Can you please help.

Thanks,

Shelah

Brendan,

you have likely an infinite softlink in /usr/local. Please verify  
that
your /usr/local and /usr/local/lib is in order. If the error still
persists, please send us the installer log from the failed  
installation.

Cheers,
Simon

PS: Please don't set high-priority flags on your emails, it's
superfluous and considered rude by some.

On Apr 11, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Brendan Casey wrote:

/ Hello,

/>/
/>/ I had problems with rcmdr and tcl/tk before but straightened them
/>/ out.  this time, I am really stuck.
/>/
/>/ I was having alot of issues with Rgrphviz so I fiured I would  
just
/>/ start over.  I uninstalled all the R folder, libraries,  
frameworks,
/>/ and packages.  I then downloaded the latest (2008-02-08)  
version of R
/>/ 2.6.2 for my Mac OSX (10.4.11)  I also have X11 installed  
(1.1.3) and
/>/ was able to run some sort of X11 update from apple.  I also tried
/>/ xcode tools download from apple, but it didnt give me an option  
to
/>/ install X11 again.
/>/
/>/ When I install R from the disk image, it says that there was an  
error
/>/ with the installation.  When i try to install the tcl/tk package
/>/ alone, it also says error with the installation.  It seems like  
its
/>/ installing R and Rgui, but nothing else.
/>/
/>/ After starting R (gui) I installed rcmdr and the dependencies.  I
/>/ then started X11 and tried to load rcmdr.  Here is what I got:
/>/
/>/ Loading required package: tcltk
/>/ Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... Error in fun(...) :
/>/   Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:
/>/     @TCL_IN_FRAMEWORK@ @TCL_IN_FRAMEWORK@
/>/
/>/ This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.
/>/
/>/ In addition: Warning messages:
/>/ 1: In library() :
/>/   library '/Users/brendancasey/Library/R/2.6/library' contains no
/>/ packages
/>/ 2: In library() :
/>/   library '/Users/brendancasey/Library/R/2.6/library' contains no
/>/ packages
/>/ Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'tcltk'
/>/ Error: package 'tcltk' could not be loaded
/>/ ____________________________
/>/ I dont mind uninstalling more folders and starting from scratch  
(X11,
/>/ R, Rgui, etc), but I am not prepared to reinstall my OS if that  
is
/>/ what it will take.
/>/
/>/ Can someone please help me with this?
/>/
/>/ Brendan Casey
/>/ bcasey1 at  hotmail  dot  com
/>/ _______________________________________________
/>/ R-SIG-Mac mailing list
/>/ R-SIG-Mac at stat.math.ethz.ch <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac 

/>/ https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
/>/
/>/
/

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