Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

Where is the problem? It installs from the sources under Windows too, and even comes with notes for Windows.

Please consult the rw-FAQ for how to install packages.

We have provided binary builds in the past (and David James may still do so),

Let me add that http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.8/ReadMe tells us:


"Although the packages
  RMySQL, ROracle, and snow
pass make check, it seems to be dangerous to distribute them:
I do not have the software available these packages depend on.
RMySQL is available at http://stat.bell-labs.com/RS-DBI/download,
provided by its maintainer, David A. James."

Uwe Ligges



> but discovered that there was little tolerance for version
mismatches, of both R and MySQL. So building from the sources is better,

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Hoeven, Maarten van der wrote:


I'm looking for a way to install the RMySQL-package into my
Windows-version of R (1.8.1).


I did successfully install this package into my Linux-version of R
(RedHat9), but now I want to do this in my Windows-version too.




______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html

Reply via email to