[Rd] Including local dynamic libraries

[Simon Urbanek]

On Nov 20, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Romain Francois wrote:

> On 11/20/2009 08:43 PM, Elana Fertig wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am trying to install the package rjags into a local library on a
>> machine for which I do not have root permissions.
>>
>> Using the command: R CMD INSTALL
>> --configure-args="--with-jags-include=${JAGSBIN}/include/JAGS
>> --with-jags-lib=${JAGSBIN}/lib/
>> --with-jags-modules=${JAGSBIN}/lib/JAGS/modules" CMD INSTALL -l
>> ${JAGSBIN}/lib/ ../rjags_1.0.3-12.tar.gz
>>
>> Where ${JAGSBIN} is defined as a local directory, the installation  
>> seems
>> to be working fine. Then, I go into R and type the following  
>> commands:
>> > .libPaths("${JAGSBIN}/lib/")
>
> Maybe this :
>
> .libPaths( file.path( Sys.getenv("JAGSBIN", "lib" ) ) )
>

Unlikely - it's probably just a matter of setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH  
correctly .. not really an R issue at all ...

Cheers,
S


>> > library("rjags")
>>
>> I get the following error
>>
>> Loading required package: coda
>> Loading required package: lattice
>> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>> unable to load shared library '${JAGSBIN}/lib/rjags/libs/rjags.so':
>> libjags.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or  
>> directory
>> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'rjags'
>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'rjags'
>>
>> Ideally, I would fix this problem by adding the appropriate  
>> libraries to
>> /user/local/lib64 . However, since I do not have root permissions I  
>> am
>> not able to make this addition. How can I have R recognize c++  
>> libraries
>> from my local path?
>>
>> Thanks so much in advance for your help.
>
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