k...@modlab.se wrote: > Full_Name: Kåre Jonsson > Version: 2.10 > OS: WinXP > Submission from: (NULL) (85.225.178.169) > > > I made a brand new installation of R 2.10 in two machines and got the same > problem. > > Machine 1 is Win XP on metal installation > machine 2 is virtual in VMWare running a hacky OS named Tiny XP in which any > Microsoft windows XP siftware always successfully is installed. > > Operation 1. Add package RMySQL from Swedish CRAN. > Operation 2. library(RMySQL) > > You can see the textual dump below. I need help to understand what is wrong. > > Kind regards, > Kåre Jonsson > > >> utils:::menuInstallPkgs() > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > also installing the dependency DBI > > trying URL > 'http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/2.10/DBI_0.2-4.zip' > Content type 'application/zip' length 375508 bytes (366 Kb) > opened URL > downloaded 366 Kb > > trying URL > 'http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/2.10/RMySQL_0.7-4.zip' > Content type 'application/zip' length 284408 bytes (277 Kb) > opened URL > downloaded 277 Kb > > package 'DBI' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > package 'RMySQL' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > > The downloaded packages are in > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local > Settings\Temp\Rtmpjqc0Bc\downloaded_packages >> library(RMySQL) > Loading required package: DBI > Error in utils::readRegistry("SOFTWARE\\MySQL AB", hive = "HLM", maxdepth = > 2) : > > Registry key 'SOFTWARE\MySQL AB' not found
So you probably forgot to install MySQL? Why do you think this is a bug in the base R distribution? Note that bugs of contributed packages (if they are really bugs) should be reported to the corresponding package maintainer rather than to the R bug tracking system. Best, Uwe Ligges > Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'RMySQL' > Error: package/namespace load failed for 'RMySQL' >> MySQL() > Error: could not find function "MySQL" >> con <- dbConnect(dbDriver("MySQL"), dbname = "mysql") > Error in do.call(as.character(drvName), list(...)) : > could not find function "MySQL" > Error in is(object, Cl) : > error in evaluating the argument 'drv' in selecting a method for function > 'dbConnect' >> version > _ > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status > major 2 > minor 10.0 > year 2009 > month 10 > day 26 > svn rev 50208 > language R > version.string R version 2.10.0 (2009-10-26) > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel