Why do I get error in structure when I try to run affylmGUI package?

[jacquelinemartin]

I have downloaded everything that external websites have told me to download for affylmGUI to work but I keep getting the same error when I try to run it. I have copied the packages I have downloaded below and the error I get.

> sessionInfo() R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22) Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin17.0 (64-bit) Running under: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

Matrix products: default BLAS: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.0/Resources/lib/libRblas.dylib LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.0/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib

locale: [1] en_CA.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8/C/en_CA.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8

attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base

loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] tkrplot_0.0-24 codetools_0.2-16 IRanges_2.22.2 Biostrings_2.56.0 crayon_1.3.4 xtable_1.8-4 affy_1.66.0
[8] stats4_4.0.2 zlibbioc_1.34.0 XVector_0.28.0 affyio_1.58.0 limma_3.44.3 S4Vectors_0.26.1 preprocessCore_1.50.0 [15] splines_4.0.2 gcrma_2.60.0 affyPLM_1.64.0 Biobase_2.48.0 affylmGUI_1.62.0 parallel_4.0.2 compiler_4.0.2
[22] BiocGenerics_0.34.0 BiocManager_1.30.10 R2HTML_2.3.2 tcltk_4.0.2

> library(affylmGUI)

To begin, type affylmGUI()

> affylmGUI() Error in structure(.External(.C_dotTclObjv, objv), class = "tclObj") : [tcl] invalid command name "tk_messageBox".

Am I missing any packages potentially? If anyone could help me understand this error that would be great!

Thanks!

[EconomiCurtis]

Cross-posted here

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64294536/why-do-i-get-error-in-structure-when-i-try-to-run-affylmgui-package

[andresrcs]

I think this is a bug with the tcl/tk version you have installed in your system (not in R), you could try updating the library from an external source, I can't tell you exactly how because I'm not a macOS user.