Thank you Michael. It took all of two minutes to install "libxml2-dev" and XML and it seems to be running
John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:00:42 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] package XML does not load in R 2.15.1 > > > > On 07/21/2012 10:42 AM, John Kane wrote: >> I am getting what appears to be an Unbuntu level error in trying to >> install the >> XML package. >> >> Both commands: >> install.packages("XML:) >> install.packages("XML", dependencies = TRUE) >> give an error . >> >> The full installation script is below but the problem to my very >> inexperenced eye seems to be here: >> >> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config >> checking for xml2-config... no >> Cannot find xml2-config >> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘XML’ >> >> I seem to have libxml1 version 2.7.8defg.1ubuntu installed if this is >> relevent. >> >> Any suggestions would be gratefully received. >> >> Ubuntu 12.04 >> sessionInfo() >> R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22) >> Platform: i686-pc-linux-gnu (32-bit) > > John, > > The Ubuntu package you need to install is "libxml2-dev". Or you could > install "r-cran-xml" from the cran2deb4ubuntu PPA and it will resolve > all the dependencies for you. Details here: > > https://launchpad.net/~marutter/+archive/c2d4u > > Hope this helps, > Michael > > > > -- > Dr. Michael A. Rutter > School of Science > Penn State Erie, The Behrend College > 4205 College Drive > Erie, PA 16563 > http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/rutter > [email protected] ____________________________________________________________ Publish your photos in seconds for FREE TRY IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if4 _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
