[R] Installing RXlisp

[Duncan Temple Lang]

You probably need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
variable to include

   /usr/lib/R/library/RXLisp/libs

before you start R so that it can find the libRXLispConverters.so
file.  I assume that is in that directory. If not,
use the  --clean flag for R CMD INSTALL, i.e.

   R CMD INSTALL --clean --configure-args='--with-build-xlisp-dll' RXLisp


I haven't looked at this package for a while, so let me know if there
are other problems.

   D.





Luca Scrucca wrote:
> Dear R users,
> 
> I was trying to install the package RXLisp by Duncan Temple Lang on a MDK
> 9.1 Linux machine running R 1.8.0 installed from a RPM.
> Unfortunately I had a problem loading the shared library into R. Since
> I'm a Linux newbie I was not able to solve the problem. Maybe some of
> you can help me.
> 
> First of all I downloaded the source archive for Xlisp-Stat and
> for the RXlisp package. Then, as root, and from /root/ diretory I type the
> following commands:
> 
> > tar zxvf xlispstat-3-52-18.tar.gz
> > tar xzvf RXLisp_0.3-1.tar.gz
> > cd RXLisp/xlisp/
> > export XLISP_SRC_DIR=/root/xlispstat-3-52-18
> > ./install
> 
> The compilation was OK, and the file /root/xlispstat-3-52-18/libxlisp.so
> was created. Then
> 
> > cd
> > R CMD INSTALL --configure-args='--with-build-xlisp-dll' RXLisp
> 
> OK this as well, except for a warning on a .Rd file.
> 
> > cp xlispstat-3-52-18/libxlisp.so /usr/lib
> > /sbin/ldconfig
> > R
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ...
> R> library(RXLisp)
> Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
>         unable to load shared library
> "/usr/lib/R/library/RXLisp/libs/RXLisp.so":
>   libRXLispConverters.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> directory
> Error in library(RXLisp) : .First.lib failed
> R> system("ls /usr/lib/R/library/RXLisp/libs/RXLisp.so")
> /usr/lib/R/library/RXLisp/libs/RXLisp.so
> R> system("ls -l /usr/lib/R/library/RXLisp/libs/RXLisp.so")
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        52784 Oct 28 15:50
> /usr/lib/R/library/RXLisp/libs/RXLisp.so
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I'm a bit confused; the file /usr/lib/R/library/RXLisp/libs/RXLisp.so does
> exist, but it seems it can't be loaded. Maybe, the problem is not there.
> 
> Do you have any clue of what's going on and how can I fix the problem ?
> 
> I hope to be able to install the RXLisp package, I loved the dynamic
> graphics capabilities of Xlisp-Stat and it would be very nice to have them
> available within R.
> 
> Thank you very much for your help.
> 
> Luca
> 
> 
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