Error installing "rattle" package

Question

I have been unable to install "rattle" on my Mac. Tried installing the packages separately, tried installing with dependencies set to true, but all to no avail. I have installed Xquartz, compilers, etc.

I'd appreciate it if anyone could point me in the right direction. Thanks!

> version
               _                           
platform       x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0   
arch           x86_64                      
os             darwin15.6.0                
system         x86_64, darwin15.6.0        
status                                     
major          3                           
minor          4.1                         
year           2017                        
month          06                          
day            30                          
svn rev        72865                       
language       R                           
version.string R version 3.4.1 (2017-06-30)
nickname       Single Candle               
> 
> install.packages("rattle")
also installing the dependency ‘RGtk2’

Package which is only available in source form, and may need compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ‘RGtk2’
Do you want to attempt to install these from sources?
y/n: y
installing the source packages ‘RGtk2’, ‘rattle’

trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/RGtk2_2.20.33.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2792938 bytes (2.7 MB)
==================================================
downloaded 2.7 MB

trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/rattle_4.1.0.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2665410 bytes (2.5 MB)
==================================================
downloaded 2.5 MB

* installing *source* package ‘RGtk2’ ...
** package ‘RGtk2’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
checking for pkg-config... no
checking for INTROSPECTION... no
checking for GTK... no
configure: error: GTK version 2.8.0 required
ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘RGtk2’
* removing ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/library/RGtk2’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘RGtk2’ had non-zero exit status
ERROR: dependency ‘RGtk2’ is not available for package ‘rattle’
* removing ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/library/rattle’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘rattle’ had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
    ‘/private/var/folders/1n/3vkxyt2j5c58wnq85_lsn24w0000gn/T/RtmpvykPQP/downloaded_packages’
>

This is what I get when I try to install RGTK2:

Rgtk.c:7:10: fatal error: 'gdk/gdkx.h' file not found
#include <gdk/gdkx.h>
         ^
1 error generated.
make: *** [Rgtk.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘RGtk2’
* removing ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/library/RGtk2’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘RGtk2’ had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
    ‘/private/var/folders/1n/3vkxyt2j5c58wnq85_lsn24w0000gn/T/RtmpvykPQP/downloaded_packages’

You need to install GTK first, [see here](http://www.ggobi.org/rgtk2/). — Remko Duursma, Jul 26 '17 at 23:59
Please elaborate. Could you not install GTK or did it not solve the problem? Is GTK available on the path? — Remko Duursma, Jul 27 '17 at 01:03
The error message is about Rgtk - you need to install GTK [from here](https://www.gtk.org/). — Remko Duursma, Jul 28 '17 at 01:08
See my answer at https://stackoverflow.com/a/45365807/6619250 — hongsy, Jul 28 '17 at 06:33
I wrote a brief note on the installation on rattle on Mac. See here: https://gist.github.com/zhiyzuo/a489ffdcc5da87f28f8589a55aa206dd — Zhiya, Sep 03 '17 at 20:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 27 '22 at 04:09

RGtk2 retired in December 2021, which prevented me from installing rattle. I found a solution at https://rattle.togaware.com/. However, I only tested it for Windows.

For Linux:

install.packages("https://cran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2021-12-15/src/contrib/RGtk2_2.20.36.2.tar.gz", repos=NULL)

For Windows:

install.packages("https://cran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2021-12-15/bin/windows/contrib/4.1/RGtk2_2.20.36.2.zip", repos=NULL)

For Mac:

install.packages("https://cran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2021-12-15/bin/macosx/contrib/4.1/RGtk2_2.20.36.2.tgz", repos=NULL)

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 01 '17 at 02:34

-2

I tried several ways to download rattle package, but only the following method worked!

Try install.packages("Cairo Device")

It should install the rattle package along with it.

edited Nov 01 '17 at 02:34

0TTT0

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answered Nov 01 '17 at 01:39

Varamihir

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 14 '17 at 06:02

When I installed the rattle package in multiple ways like install rattle directly and through Cairo Device, I had same error. But it is fixed now. All I did is the following:

I had 3.4.3 version in my Mac. So, I have downloaded 3.3.3 version of R from Cran-R, just ran the installation (without any other changes) and then restarted my Mac. When I launched R Studio, Rattle was there.

P.S.: Always install the -1 version of latest software rather than upgrading to the latest version immediately after it's release (unless it is absolutely necessary).

Error installing "rattle" package

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