[R] Troubles installing RMySQL on Win2K

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Where did you get RMySQL from and how did you `load' it?

Most likely you unpacked a source distribution instead of installing.
There is a binary version of RMySQL available at

http://stat.bell-labs.com/RS-DBI/download

If you didn't use that, please try it.

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Ian Long wrote:

> What do I need to do to load the RMySQL library on Win 2K using version 1.8.1
> 
> I have Mysql v4.0.16 up and running on the local machine with several 
> databases running fine.
> 
> Using RGUI I have loaded RMySQL and an appropriate directory structure has 
> appeared under
> C:\Program Files\R\rw1081\library\RMySQL
> 
> I have added C:\Program Files\R\rw1081\library\RMySQL\inst\libs to my path 
> variable so that libmySQL.dll can be found.
> 
> If I type library(), then I see RMySQL in the list of available packages.
> 
> If I try and load the library, I get
>  > library(RMySQL)
> Error in testRversion(descfields) : This package has not been installed 
> properly
>   See the Note in ?library
> 
> Where am I going wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ian.
> 
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