Error: .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'tcltk', details:

4
votes

I have Archlinux and I try to run install.packages("zoo") and I get the following error message :

Error: .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'tcltk', details: call: dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) error: unable to load shared object '/usr/lib/R/library/tcltk/libs/tcltk.so': libtk8.6.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I know this problem has already been asked on this site but I can't find a working answer.

capabilities("tcltk")
# tcltk 
#  TRUE

library(tcltk)

Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'tcltk', details: call: dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) error: unable to load shared object '/usr/lib/R/library/tcltk/libs/tcltk.so': libtk8.6.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘tcltk’

Any idea on how to fix this problem ?

2
rarchlinux
Have you installed that package? Here is the file listed you need to install tcltkarchlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/tk/files – J_F
@J_F I installed the package tk and it worked, I was trying to install tcltk beforehand.. thanks ! – ChiseledAbs

2 Answers

13
votes

Archlinux offers the needed package your system is searching for.

  1. Install this package on your system
  2. Subsequent install tcltk in R via install.packages("tcltk").
  3. Now you are able to install the package zoo completely: install.packages("zoo").

This should solve your problem.

0
votes

In my case, the mirror should be selected first. So if you see "please select a cran mirror for use in this session", use chooseCRANmirror(). This works for me. The error only happens in the console, not in Rstudio.