The message does not say that RMySQL is empty, indeed finds a DLL there, so please check your facts and the R-help archives for *yesterday*. I suspect all you need to do is to put .../library/RMySQL/lib in your path.
On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi R users, > > I have been trying to install and use RMySQL on Windows98 for > MySQL3.23.55-max using the pulldown menu. I am getting the following errors. > I read the doc and some archived mails about a similar problem on unix like > systems. Still can't get it to work. Some info below that may indicated where > the problem is: > * The directory RMySQL\libs is empty---I was not expecting this. > * There is a file "README.windows" in RMySQL directory which suggests some > changes using the re-import utility "reimp", available at > > http://mefriss1.swan.ac.uk/~jfonseca/gnu-win32/software/reimp/index.html > This file is missing at this location. Instead there is a note stating that > it is included in MinGW distribution. I installed this, but did not find this > file. > * Below is the info from the installation and loading the library: > > > {a <- CRAN.packages() > + install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], available=a)} > trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES' > Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 8948 bytes > opened URL > downloaded 8948 bytes > > trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/RMySQL.zip' > Content type `application/zip' length 322573 bytes > opened URL > downloaded 315Kb > > > Delete downloaded files (y/N)? y > > updating HTML package descriptions > Warning message: > DLL attempted to change FPU control word from 8001f to 9001f > > library(RMySQL) > Loading required package: methods > Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) : > unable to load shared library > "H:/PROGRAMLOCAL/RW1062/library/RMySQL/libs/RMySQL.dll": > LoadLibrary failure: One of the library files needed to run this > application cannot be found. > Error in library(RMySQL) : .First.lib failed > > > -at > > ********************************************************* > Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. > -- Niels Bohr > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
