[R] install RMySQL

[Xander Meadow]

Hi,

I'm still trying to get RMySQL installed on my Mac.  When I try and
install from R (version 2.0.1) I'm told that the library "libz" can't be
located.  It suggests checking in /usr/lib to see if I have the
necessary libraries.  However, if I check /usr/lib I find I have the
following:

libz.1.1.3.dylib*
libz.1.dylib*
libz.dylib@

Since I have the libraries that RMySQL needs to install I can't figure
out why the installation is failing.  Does anyone have any thoughts on
how to get RMySQL installed on my Mac?  Thanks so much.

>Xander

On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 13:52, Xander Meadow wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you for responding.  One thing I forgot to mention (although I'm
> guessing you figured it out anyway) is that I'm running Mac OS X.
> 
> I checked and I've got the file /usr/include/zlib.h installed on my
> machine.  Is this enough for R or does it need a more robust
> installation of zlib?  If this is enough, how do I let R know about the
> zlib.h file. If it's not, where should I get the correct zlib from? 
> Thank you for any and all responses.
> 
> -Xander
> 
> On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 13:43, Roger D. Peng wrote:
> > R comes with it's own copy of zlib so even if it is compiled into R, 
> > there isn't necessarily a system-wide installation of the library. 
> > You may still need to install it.
> > 
> > -roger
> > 
> > Xander Meadow wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I've got a Dual G5 running 10.3.7 and I'm trying to install RMySQL. 
> > > I've already got R up and running.  When I try the command
> > > 
> > > 
> > >>install.packages("RMySQL")
> > > 
> > > 
> > > It downloads a few things and then produces the following error:
> > > ---------------------------
> > > Configuration error:
> > >    Could not locate the library "libz" required by MySQL.
> > >  
> > > INSTRUCTIONS:
> > >  
> > >    The "libz" library is required by the MySQL client library
> > >    in order to compress/uncompress connections between clients
> > >    and the MySQL engine.
> > >  
> > >    Make sure you have "libz" installed properly and/or included
> > >    in your $LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  Perhaps it is not in any of the
> > >    standard directories (e.g., /usr/lib/, /usr/local/lib)?
> > >  
> > > Aborting the installation of RMySQL.
> > >  
> > > ERROR: configuration failed for package 'RMySQL'
> > > ----------------------------
> > > 
> > > However, if I check for libz I get:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >>capabilities("libz")
> > > 
> > > libz
> > > TRUE
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure what the problem is because R is telling me that it doesn't
> > > know where libz is, but then it's also telling me it does know where
> > > libz is.
> > > 
> > > Has anyone else seen this problem or know how I can get RMySQL installed
> > > on my machine?
> > > 
> > > Just as an added note I know that install.packages works because
> > > 
> > > 
> > >>install.packages("DBI")
> > > 
> > > 
> > > worked without a problem.
> > > 
> > > Thanks again.
> > > 
> > > -Xander
> > > 
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