On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 15:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Peter, > > I don't know if this is the proper way to ask for help installing R, but if > not, I presume you can pass this on to the appropriate place. > > I'm trying to install the latest binary on Redhat 9, and keep getting the same > error message no matter what I try. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mhu]# rpm -i R-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm > warning: R-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 97d3544e > error: Failed dependencies: > libtcl8.3.so is needed by R-1.7.1-1 > libtk8.3.so is needed by R-1.7.1-1 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mhu]# exit > > I actually found these two files in an obscure location on my computer, and > copied them to /usr/lib/ I also set my path to include the obscure location. SO > they are actually available. At least when I enter libtcl8.3.so it is > apparently read and a segmentation fault occurs. > > So, do you have any suggestions about how to get around this problem. I don't > know what else to do to make these routines available to the R install. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had no problem installing R on my MAC > OS 10.1.5. > > Thank you very much, > > Michael Huston > Oak Ridge, Tennessee
First, you have posted to r-help, which is an international e-mail list and the primary source of assistance with R. Since I now typically compile from source, I decided to remove my present installation of R and freshly install the RPM that Martyn has created on CRAN. I run RH 9 and have a clean and fully updated installation. The aforementioned tcl/tk files are in /usr/lib on my system. I installed the RPM without problem and then installed John Fox's Rcmdr to test the tcltk functionality. It works without problem. I also tested a tcl/tk function that I wrote and it works fine as well. If your above listed files were not in /usr/lib to start with, that may be (probably is) an indication that something is amiss in your tcl/tk installation. You may need to remove and reinstall tcl/tk. Also, I am unsure as to what you mean by "At least when I enter libtcl8.3.so it is apparently read and a segmentation fault occurs." Are you trying to execute it directly from the command line? .so files are shared libraries (akin to .DLLs in Windows). HTH, Marc Schwartz ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
