Error installing on R version 3.3.3

[ropensci]

Error installing on R version 3.3.3

[lbusett]

Hi,

in order to give you better info, could you tell us which version of windows you are using ?

[hammao]

Thanks for the prompt reply Windows 10 x64

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[lbusett]

To set the environment variable:

1. Go to control Panel --> system --> settings --> advanced system settings --> Environment variables

2. In the "system variable" panel on the bottom select "path" and then "edit"

3. select "Path" and add a new entry to the "bin" subfolder of the folder where you unzipped the bindel (e.g., C:\RGTk\bin)

4. for good measure, do the same on the "user variables" panel.

5. ok --> ok

6. reboot (or logout and reconnect - never understood if logging out is sufficient)

Let us know if you solved it !

By the way: what happens exactly if you do

install.packages(gWidgetsRGtk2)
library(gWidgetsRGtk2) 

aren't you asked for installation of GTK+ ?

[hammao]

When i run this, i get the error below

install.packages(gWidgetsRGtk2)
library(gWidgetsRGtk2)

Error: package ‘RGtk2’ required by ‘gWidgetsRGtk2’ could not be found
In addition: Warning message:
package ‘gWidgetsRGtk2’ was built under R version 3.3.3

[hammao]

I tried these steps as recommended but still got back same error

1. Go to control Panel --> system --> settings --> advanced system settings --> Environment variables
2. In the "system variable" panel on the bottom select "path" and then "edit"
3. select "Path" and add a new entry to the "bin" subfolder of the folder where you unzipped the bindel (e.g., C:\RGTk\bin)
4. for good measure, do the same on the "user variables" panel.
5. ok --> ok
6. reboot (or logout and reconnect - never understood if logging out is sufficient)

i got the following Error msg, thats after restarting my system.

Error: package ‘RGtk2’ required by ‘gWidgetsRGtk2’ could not be found
In addition: Warning message:
package ‘gWidgetsRGtk2’ was built under R version 3.3.3

I can send you screen shots...

[lbusett]

ok. can you try:

install.packages("RGtk2")

ir should be installed automatically alongside gWidgetsRGtk2, but it doesn't seem to be the case for you.

[hammao]

install.packages("RGtk2")
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/hamma/Documents/R/win-library/3.3’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages :
package ‘RGtk2’ is not available (for R version 3.3.2)

[lbusett]

ok. The you can try:

install.packages("RGtk2",  type="source")

or

install.packages("RGtk2", dependencies=TRUE, repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')

, or you could update "R" to 3.4.0 (which should work for sure).

[hammao]

Thanks alot...
it is working now.

Thanks for all your help.

[lbusett]

You're welcome.

by the way: for reference to other users: which solution worked, in the end ?

[hammao]

I updated "R" to 3.4.0 and installed install.packages("RGtk2", dependencies=TRUE, repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/ <http://cran.rstudio.com/>')

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