Below is how I got a clean Ubuntu Karmic VM to start rattle. I didn't actually try
calculations. Mixture of Paul and Dirk advice.
- Changed /etc/apt/sources to use the CRAN debian repository for Ubuntu Karmic,
i.e.,
deb http://probability.ca/cran/bin/linux/ubuntu karmic/
I did NOT use cran2deb.
- Installed (via apt-get) tk-dev and tcl-dev and r-base
- started R as root (but kept a second root terminal open for apt-get etc.)
install.packages("XML") complained of no xml2-config, so installed
libxml2-dev via apt
XML then installs in R
pmml also installs
rattle "installs", but when started wants RGtk2. I chose to install
via apt (r-cran-rgtk2)
rattle then starts in R, but complains it wants cairodevice
via apt installed r-cran-cairodevice
Same process got a complaint about colorspace
via apt installed r-cran-colorspace.
This gave a clean startup.
Should this be in a script to save other folk troubles?
For Jaunty and Hardy and debian stable it looks like the dependencies ask for versions
that are not available. Is there a recommended tool for revealing the required versions?
The R error msg "The RGtk2 package did not find libglade installed. Please install it." is
really less than informative. Dirk recommends a scalpel rather than a chainsaw, but I feel
like I'm using the scalpel to fell a redwood 20' across.
JN
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