Dear Simon, Marco says that he installed "XQuark" (see his original message), which I translate as " XQuartz."
Marco, can you run XQuartz.app (in Utilities on my Mac), which should open an Xterm window? Best, John > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > On Behalf Of Simon Urbanek > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 5:47 PM > To: John Fox > Cc: 'Marco Mello'; r-h...@r-project.org; r-sig-mac@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] [R-SIG-Mac] problem with the installation of r > commander on a mac > > In fun(libname, pkgname) : couldn't connect to display ":0" > suggests that X11 is not running. Note that X11 is no longer part of OS > X since Mountain Lion. > > Cheers, > Simon > > > > On Oct 4, 2012, at 4:32 PM, John Fox wrote: > > > Dear Marco, > > > > To provide some background, you and I have corresponded about your > problem, > > and now at least you appear to have the tcltk package installed. Did > you > > reinstall R as I suggested? > > > > Have you checked that tcltk is working, following the instructions I > sent > > you in an earlier email? > > > > I don't believe that the Rcmdr ever calls tk_messageBox directly, but > there > > is a tk_messageBox() function in tcltk, and you can check whether this > is > > the source (or a symptom) of the problem by issuing the following > commands > > in a fresh R session: > > > > library(tcltk) > > tk_messageBox(message="test") > > > > That should, as the function name suggests, bring up a Tk message box. > > > > Also I'm not sure what's going on with 'couldn't connect to display > ":0"', > > which suggests an X-Windows issue. > > > > Finally, I'm moving this discussion to r-sig-mac, where you're more > likely > > to get knowledgeable assistance. > > > > 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 Marco Mello > >> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:57 PM > >> To: r-h...@r-project.org > >> Subject: [R] problem with the installation of r commander on a mac > >> > >> Dear list members, > >> > >> Im trying to install R Commander under Mac OSX Mountain Lion > (10.8.2). > >> After following all the steps described in the installation notes > >> (http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation- > >> notes.html), I got this error message: > >> > >> ===== > >> Loading required package: tcltk > >> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done > >> Loading required package: car > >> Loading required package: MASS > >> Loading required package: nnet > >> Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'Rcmdr', details: > >> call: structure(.External("dotTclObjv", objv, PACKAGE = "tcltk"), > >> class = "tclObj") > >> error: [tcl] invalid command name "tk_messageBox". > >> > >> In addition: Warning message: > >> In fun(libname, pkgname) : couldn't connect to display ":0" > >> Error: package/namespace load failed for Rcmdr > >> ===== > >> > >> The strange thing is that Ive installed Tcl/Tk and XQuark as > >> recommended. > >> > >> Ive also tried uninstalling R, reinstalling the latest version > (2.15.1 > >> signed) and all packages, and following the same official steps > again. > >> It didnt work neither. > >> > >> Could you please help me? R Commander always worked fine on my iMac, > >> until I updated to Mountain Lion. > >> > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Marco > >> > >> > >> ************************ > >> Prof. Dr. Marco A. R. Mello > >> Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais > >> ICB - Depto. Biologia Geral > >> http://marcomello.casadosmorcegos.org > >> marme...@gmail.com > >> ************************ > >> > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > r-h...@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-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac