[R] Problem Installing RODBC under RedHat 7.3

[Roger Bivand]

> Hello:
>
> Using Redhat 7.3 and
>
>> version
>
> platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
> arch     i686
> os       linux-gnu
> system   i686, linux-gnu
> status
> major    1
> minor    6.1
> year     2002
> month    11
> day      01
> language R
>
> I am trying to install the RODBC package.  Upon using
>
>> install.packages("RODBC")
>
> I get the following:
>
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking for library containing SQLTables... no
> configure: error: "no ODBC driver manager found"
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'RODBC'
>
> Delete downloaded files (y/N)? y
>
> Warning message:
> Installation of package RODBC had non-zero exit status in:
> install.packages("RODBC")
>
> Earlier I retrieved an rpm file called unixODBC-2.1.1-1.i386.rpm
>
> and I used
>
> rpm -i unixODBC-2.1.1-1.i386.rpm
>
> and received no message of any kind, error or otherwise.
>
> What should I do next, Linux neophyte that I am?

maybe rpm -i unixODBC-devel-2.1.1-1.i386.rpm

(although from rpmfind, it looks as though the RH73 versions are:
unixODBC-devel-2.2.0-5.i386.rpm and unixODBC-2.2.0-5.i386.rpm)

It seems to be an FAQ for RedHat and other RPM users that installing the
base package only installs the runtime libraries, but to install R
packages, you always also need the *-devel-*.rpm too. Check what:

rpm -qa | grep <your_target>

says - if there is no *-devel-* package, install it!

Roger

>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tom
>
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