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Trying to install rattle on a windows server 2008 R2 64bit machine, using 64-bit R ver2.11, I got the following message:

install.packages("rattle", dependencies=TRUE)
Warning: dependencies ‘RGtk2’, ‘rggobi’, ‘RSvgDevice’, ‘Biobase’, ‘multicore’, ‘marray’, ‘affy’, ‘snowFT’, ‘Rmpi’, ‘rpvm’ are not available

When I tried to install one of them:

install.packages("RGtk2")
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
  package ‘RGtk2’ is not available

Finally I noticed this and this. Should I go back to 32-bit R in order to use rattle?

Thank you

+2  A: 

Why not 64-bit Linux?

Dirk Eddelbuettel
What if I don't have an option?
gd047
You didn't say so how are we to know? Rattle can be difficult to install because of RGtk2 which has a number of dependencies. So work on porting that to win64 and all will be good. In the meantime, you have the alternative of using R on 64-bit Linux / Unix which has been around for a decade. You may also have an alternative with Revolution and their commercial 64-bit Windows.
Dirk Eddelbuettel