Install libz from www.zlib.net. Note that it is not finding your MySQL libs either, so you need to specify a path to the those and may be it will find libz in the same place. It is even possible that you do not have a developer installation of MySQL.
`Solaris' is vague, and MySQL is not a standard Solaris component so you need to work out how to tell RMySQL where you (or someone else) put MySQL. On Wed, 31 May 2006, Ike Nnabugwu wrote: > % sudo R CMD INSTALL RMySQL_0.5-7.tar.gz > Password: > * Installing *source* package 'RMySQL' ... > creating cache ./config.cache > checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E > checking for compress in -lz... no > checking for getopt_long in -lc... no > checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no > checking for mysql.h... yes > checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no > checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no > checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no > checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no > checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no > > Configuration error: > Could not locate the library "libz" required by MySQL. > > INSTRUCTIONS: > > The "libz" library is required by the MySQL client library > in order to compress/uncompress connections between clients > and the MySQL engine. > > Make sure you have "libz" installed properly and/or included > in your $LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Perhaps it is not in any of the > standard directories (e.g., /usr/lib/, /usr/local/lib)? > > Aborting the installation of RMySQL. > ERROR: configuration failed for package 'RMySQL' > ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/library/RMySQL' > > > This is the error that I am getting while trying to instal RMySQL on > Solaris.Any ideas?. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- 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://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
