[R] Installation of XML library can't find libxml2.dll

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Save yourself the problem and get a precompile package from

http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:

> Sorry to ask a (probably) dumb question, but I am trying to install XML
> package on Windows XP, R 2.0.1, and I get the error:
>
> "This application has failed to start because libxml2.dll was not found.
> Re-installing the application may fix this problem"
>
>> library(XML)
> Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
>        unable to load shared library
> "C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library/XML/libs/XML.dll":
>  LoadLibrary failure:  The specified module could not be found.
> Error in library(XML) : package/namespace load failed for 'XML'
>
> Now, having read the website at http://www.omegahat.org/RSXML/, I find
> that the package:
>
> "uses libxml2, by default and only libxml(version 1) if libxml2 is not
> present "
>
> And here's my dumb question - what is libxml2 in a windows context and
> where do I get it from?

See http://www.xmlsoft.org/downloads.html

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