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

[michael watson (IAH-C)]

Thank you for all the responses;  in fact, it was all solved by using
Bioconductor

library(reposTools)
install.packages2("XML")

However, I am still having heaps of trouble getting SSOAP, Rcurl and
KEGGSOAP to use my proxy server....

Mick

-----Original Message-----
From: dr mike [mailto:dr.mike at ntlworld.com] 
Sent: 10 January 2005 17:47
To: michael watson (IAH-C)
Cc: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: RE: [R] Installation of XML library can't find libxml2.dll


My reading of this is that you may have installed the 'Windows binary'
package from the Omegahat site - if so, it would appear that this is for
versions of R < 2.0 . Further to the pointer to the reply by Prof
Ripley, hisa link provides the correct Windows binary for R >= 2.0.

Regards

Mike

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of michael watson
(IAH-C)
Sent: 10 January 2005 14:41
To: R list
Subject: [R] Installation of XML library can't find libxml2.dll

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?

Thanks
Mick

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