Thanks for the advice! For those interested in what the final solution was to installing RMySQL (R 2.1.0, Linux SuSE 9.3): The following packages were not installed: php4-mysql php5-mysql php5-mysqli mysql-devel at least one of them was obviously missing....
On Thursday 28 April 2005 10:37, you wrote: > Sebastian, > > I'm really not an expert with database systems, and I don't have SuSE > (but Fedora), so I may be unable to help you. However, I just had a look > at the issue, and I could install RMySQL in R 2.1.0 in Fedora. Here some > points that I noticed: > > - You need package R package DBI which must be installed first. > - You also need devel packages of mysql. > > I don't know how SuSE handles packaging libraries, and I don't know what > you have already. However, I needed these mysql pieces to install > RMySQL: > > mysql-devel-3.23.58-16.FC3.1 > mysql-server-3.23.58-16.FC3.1 > mysql-3.23.58-16.FC3.1 > > These in turn seem to need perl libraries: > > perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9003-5 > perl-DBI-1.40-5 > > It seems that in some systems the piece that is called mysql in FC may > be called mysql-client. > > I don't know how things are done in SuSE and what you have there, but I > hope you find some useful information. However, since it installs > smoothly in my FC, I can't reproduce your problems. Perhaps INSTALL and > README files in RMySQL/inst directory of the source will tell you > something more useful. > > best wishes, jari oksanen -- ------------------------------------------------ Sebastian Leuzinger Institute of Botany, University of Basel SchÃnbeinstr. 6 CH-4056 Basel ph 0041 (0) 61 2673511 fax 0041 (0) 61 2673504 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] web http://pages.unibas.ch/botschoen/leuzinger ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html