On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:32 PM, John Maindonald <[email protected]> wrote: > That is odd. I can do: > >> library(XML) >> sessionInfo() > R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22) > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) > > locale: > [1] en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/C/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8 > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets > [6] methods base > > other attached packages: > [1] XML_3.9-4 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] tools_2.15.1 > > Also under help(package='XML'), go to the Description file, I see: > Date/Publication: 2012-01-31 07:37:18 > Built: R 2.15.0; universal-apple-darwin9.8.0; 2012-03-31 00:12:17 UTC; unix > Archs: i386, ppc, x86_64 > > I've not compiled it. But maybe there is a risk that if I try to do anything > with > it, it will fail? Is the difference that I have a 2.15.0 build?
There is a Mac binary for XML on CRAN: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/XML/index.html Dan > > John Maindonald email: [email protected] > phone : +61 2 (6125)3473 fax : +61 2(6125)5549 > Centre for Mathematics & Its Applications, Room 1194, > John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building (Building 27) > Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200. > http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm > > On 28/09/2012, at 10:24 AM, Simon Urbanek <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Sep 27, 2012, at 6:25 PM, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to confirm I understand how packages are installed and manage in >>> R to be able to better interpret error/warning messages. >>> >>> In a Mac OS X installation of R I get this error: >>> >>>> require(XML) >>> Loading required package: XML >>> Failed with error: ‘package ‘XML’ is not installed for 'arch=x86_64'’ >>> >>> But the graphical interface R Package Installer says that version 3.9-4 is >>> installed. >>> >> >> It is installed, but only for 32-bit and you are trying to load it in 64-bit >> R. >> >> >>> Please, where am I wrong? >> >> Use 32-bit R or if you want to use XML in 64-bit R, you have to compile it >> for 64-bit. AFAICS XML currently doesn't pass checks on any platform, so >> there are no binaries and you have to compile it from sources. If you want >> both 32-bit and 64-bit you'll have to use --merge-multiarch INSTALL option >> or use the two-step process described in the Mac FAQ. >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> >> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>>> sessionInfo() >>> R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22) >>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) >>> >>> locale: >>> [1] en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8/C/en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8 >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] graphics grDevices utils datasets stats methods base >>> >>> other attached packages: >>> [1] foreign_0.8-50 >>> >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>> [1] tools_2.15.1 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ricardo Rodríguez >>> Research Management and Promotion Technician >>> Technical Secretariat >>> Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS) >>> http://www.idisantiago.es >>> >>> Nota: A información contida nesta mensaxe e os seus posibles documentos >>> adxuntos é privada e confidencial e está dirixida únicamente ó seu >>> destinatario/a. Se vostede non é o/a destinatario/a orixinal desta mensaxe, >>> por favor elimínea. A distribución ou copia desta mensaxe non está >>> autorizada. >>> >>> Nota: La información contenida en este mensaje y sus posibles documentos >>> adjuntos es privada y confidencial y está dirigida únicamente a su >>> destinatario/a. Si usted no es el/la destinatario/a original de este >>> mensaje, por favor elimínelo. La distribución o copia de este mensaje no >>> está autorizada. >>> >>> See more languages: http://www.sergas.es/aviso_confidencialidad.htm >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
