This sounds like a DLL conflict to me. For example, do you have Matlab installed? Sometimes if Matlab is on the PATH, the DLLs can conflict.
Michael On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Tal Galili <tal.gal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello dear R-help list and Michael Lawrence. > > I wish to use GTK with R. > I installed the newest RGtk2 and GTK from: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gladewin32/files/gtk%2B-win32-devel/2.12.9/gtk-dev-2.12.9-win32-2.exe/download > on the path: > C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\ > > And followed the instructions on the installation manual for RGtk2, and > added the line: > GTK_PATH=C:/Program Files/Common Files/GTK/2.0 > To the > etc/Renviron.site > file. > > > Yet when I come to load the package via require("RGtk2"), I get the > following *error massage*: > >> the procedure entry point libiconv_set_relocation_prefix could not be >> located in the dynamic linke library iconv.dll > > > And then (in the R console) I get: > Loading required package: RGtk2 > Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) : > unable to load shared library 'C:/Program > Files/R/library/RGtk2/libs/RGtk2.dll': > LoadLibrary failure: The specified procedure could not be found. > > The interesting thing is that after I install GTK (through the > auto-install), then RGtk2 loads without error in R. But if I try to run > something, for example: > demo(alphaSlider) > I will get the error massage: > Error in .Call(name, ..., PACKAGE = PACKAGE) : > C symbol name "S_gtk_window_new" not in DLL for package "RGtk2" > > > Upon restarting R, again, I wouldn't be able to use require("RGtk2") > > Here is my sessionInfo() > >> R version 2.11.0 (2010-04-22) > > i386-pc-mingw32 > > >> locale: > > [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 > > [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 > > [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 > > [4] LC_NUMERIC=C > > [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 > > >> attached base packages: > > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > > >> other attached packages: > > [1] RGtk2_2.12.18 > > >> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > > [1] tools_2.11.0 > > > (I am running win XP) > > > I tried searching for this error on the mailing list and on google, but > couldn't find a solution. > > > Thanks, > Tal > > > > > > > > ----------------Contact > Details:------------------------------------------------------- > Contact me: tal.gal...@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 > Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | > www.r-statistics.com (English) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
