Tips for installing R 3.3.3 with Gtk2 (for Rattle) on MacOS 10.12 Sierra

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brew update
brew upgrade
brew install Caskroom/cask/xquartz

logout/login

brew tap homebrew/science

install R 3.3.3 from CPAN

brew install Caskroom/cask/rstudio

GTK 2.24.30

brew install gtk+
[possibly not needed]export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
brew install cairo

add in ~/.shrc: export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/X11/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH

Good sign pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 shows a list of folders

install binary rgtk2 in R

install.packages("RGtk2", dependencies = T, type = 'mac.binary.mavericks')

++++ 3.4.0 didn’t work (doesnt have binary) install.packages("RGtk2", dependencies = T, type = “source” ) throws error about gtk.h maybe try http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22953206/gulp-issues-with-cario-install-command-not-found-when-trying-to-installing-canva/23988317#23988317 add export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/X11/lib/pkgconfig

links https://gist.github.com/sebkopf/9405675 Homebrew/legacy-homebrew#13546