Hello Dirk: Thank you for your reply. I thought that I need to install tk8.5 from an external source because a search with apt-cache search did not return that library. Paul L. helped me resolve this issue. In synaptic the "Software Sources" dialog box did not have Canonical Supported and From Source checked. I check this and did an apt-get update. I could then see the tk8.5 library, which then allowed me to install R :-) This is a new install of 12.04, I am not sure why that checkbox was unselected by default.
Thanks, kc --- On Tue, 9/11/12, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] ubuntu 12.04 install issues To: "Keith Chewning" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 6:18 AM On 10 September 2012 at 20:56, Keith Chewning wrote: | Hello: | | I have a new install of Ubuntu 12.04. I have tried to install R via source, | apt-get, and the deb packages from a cran mirror. Each of these had issues. | I followed the secure apt key install. The apt-get and deb installs each | have the same error. So, let's ignore the source install for now. This is the error: | | >> sudo dpkg -i r-base-core_2.15.1-1precise2_i386.deb | (Reading database ... 244318 files and directories currently installed.) | Preparing to replace r-base-core 2.15.1-1precise2 (using r-base-core_2.15.1-1precise2_i386.deb) ... | Unpacking replacement r-base-core ... | dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of r-base-core: | r-base-core depends on tk8.5 (>= 8.5.0); however: | Package tk8.5 is not installed. | dpkg: error processing r-base-core (--install): | dependency problems - leaving unconfigured | ... | r-base-core Package "tk8.5" is missing. | Obviously the hurdle here is tk8.5. I installed | ActiveTcl8.5.12.0.296033-linux-ix86-threaded.tar.gz from | http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads, which www.tcl.tk | suggested for obtaining binaries. This however did not make R | any happier. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Why did you think that would matter? Why did you think you needed something from outside Ubuntu itself> Just use the regular tk8.5 package, which apt-get should have suggested and pulled in anyway: edd@max:~$ apt-cache policy tk8.5 tk8.5: Installed: 8.5.11-1 Candidate: 8.5.11-1 Version table: *** 8.5.11-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status edd@max:~$ dpkg -s tk8.5 Package: tk8.5 Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 2963 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> Architecture: amd64 Version: 8.5.11-1 Provides: wish Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.8.0), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxss1, tcl8.5 (>= 8.5.0) Recommends: xterm | x-terminal-emulator Conflicts: libtk-img (<< 1.2.5), tk40 (<= 4.0p3-2) Description: Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.5 - run-time files Tk is a cross-platform graphical toolkit which provides the Motif look-and-feel and is implemented using the Tcl scripting language. This package contains everything you need to run Tk (wish) scripts and Tk-enabled apps. Original-Maintainer: Tcl/Tk Debian Packagers <[email protected]> Homepage: http://www.tcl.tk/ edd@max:~$ Dirk -- Dirk Eddelbuettel | [email protected] | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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