R CMD ldd /usr/local/lib/R/library/ROracle/libs/ROracle.so should help. (Assuming this is Linux, a piece of information I am guessing from the kernel number. What or who is `Gentoo'?) You are looking for either unsatisfied dependencies or a lack of expected Oracle dependencies.
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Coburn Watson wrote: > Hello, > > Someone posted this same issue back in May 2003 and hasn't yet resolved the > situation. I hope someone can provide some additional light. > > After starting R I attempt to load the ROracle library and receive the > following message: > > > library(ROracle) > Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) : > unable to load shared library > "/usr/local/lib/R/library/ROracle/libs/ROracle.so": > /usr/local/lib/R/library/ROracle/libs/ROracle.so: undefined symbol: sqlca > Error in library(ROracle) : .First.lib failed > > My configuration: > Gentoo 1.4 - kernel 2.4.20 > Oracle 9.2.0.4 (upgraded 9.2.0.2) > > I compiled ROracle with the necessary Oracle libraries in the path. My > LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to: > > /u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0/lib:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0/precomp/public > :/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0/sqlplus/public:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0/precomp/lib > > My other oracle applications run fine as far as I can tell. I can also compile > and execute the Oracle sample12 which does an include of sqlca.h and uses > dynamic SQL (under the same envrionment conditions). Is there a way to dump > the environment which R executes under? Maybe something is getting dropped. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Coburn Watson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://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 https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
