On 17 July 2012 at 12:37, Tim Booth wrote: | Hi CRAN people, | | There is an issue with python-rpy on Ubuntu, when installed from the | CRAN repository. (I read the info on | http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ and saw the note that this | package is experimental but you are happy to receive feedback on it.) | After adding the appropriate CRAN repo: | | % sudo apt-get install python-rpy | [ ... installs various dependencies ... ] | % echo import rpy | python | RuntimeError: No module named _rpy2151 | | RPy module can not be imported. Please check if your rpy | installation supports R 2.15.1. If you have multiple R versions | installed, you may need to set RHOME before importing rpy. For | example: | | >>> from rpy_options import set_options | >>> set_options(RHOME='c:/progra~1/r/rw2011/') | >>> from rpy import * | | | This is simply because the module needs recompiling with each new R release: | | % apt-get -b source python-rpy | % sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Yes, there is code in the package which hardcodes the then-current version. It is a pretty brain-dead scheme as it forces a rebuild on major.minor changes. | And it all works fine. | | Would it be possible to get this module rebuilt automatically in line | with new releases of r-base-core? Right now I have to hold back updates Your maintainer is guilty as charged. This time I simply forgot to rebuild rpy. Dirk | of R on my server until I can do the rebuild manually, but it would be | nice not to have this job as it's yet one more bit of server admin for me. | | I'm aware that python-rpy is superseded, but as the software I'm needing | to run is the Galaxy server (galaxy.psu.edu) it's not trivial to get it | using the new python-rpy2. (I'm working on it!) | | Cheers, | | TIM | | -- | Tim Booth <[email protected]> | NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre | | Centre for Ecology and Hydrology | Maclean Bldg, Benson Lane | Crowmarsh Gifford | Wallingford, England | OX10 8BB | | http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk | +44 1491 69 2705 | | -- | This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient ...{{dropped:23}} | | _______________________________________________ | R-SIG-Debian mailing list | [email protected] | https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian -- Dirk Eddelbuettel | [email protected] | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
