Dear Susanne, Installation instructions for the Rcmdr are at <http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes.html>, but you've apparently done what you normally need to do to get it to work. Though you don't say so, I assume that you have the latest versions of R (3.0.1) and the Rcmdr (1.9-6), and that you've not only downloaded XQuartz, but installed it (a necessary step on Mac OS X 10.8).
Beyond that, you haven't provided much detail about the error, but I suspect that for some reason XQuartz isn't finding your display. One way to check whether the error is particular to the Rcmdr is to try to load the tcltk package in R directly via library(tcltk). You might also try starting the XQuartz app *before* you start R. It's a bit disconcerting that others have occasionally reported a similar problem, solved the problem, but, as far as I know, failed to post the solution to this list, which seems to me a common courtesy. If I knew the solution, I could add it to the Rcmdr installation notes. I'm not a frequent user of Mac OS X, and I've never experienced problems installing the Rcmdr on it. I imagine that other list members will be able to offer more concrete help. Best, John ----------------------------------------------- John Fox Senator McMaster Professor of Social Statistics Department of Sociology McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Susanne.Ettinger > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:06 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] [R-SIG-Mac] problem with the installation of r > commander on a mac > > Dear all, > > I am trying to install R and the Rcmdr package on a MacOSX 10.8.4. > > It appears that I keep getting the error message "Erreur : le > chargement du package ou de l'espace de noms a échoué pour 'Rcmdr'" no > matter what my approach is. Even downloading XQuartz-2.7.4 did not > help. > > I found the same problem outlined on the following website > > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2012-October/325305.html > > and was wondering whether a solution to the problem has been stated > since then and if you could help me with instructions how to proceed ? > > Thank you very much for your help ! > > Kind regards, > Susanne > > __________________________ > > Susanne ETTINGER > Postdoctoral researcher > - > Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans > UBP - UMR6524 CNRS - M163 IRD > 5, rue Kessler > 63038 Clermont-Ferrand > - > Tel : ++33 (0)6.18.27.54.93 > Fax : ++33 (0)4.73.34.67.44 > - > susanne.ettin...@gmail.com > __________________________ > > "The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend." > Robertson Davies > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.