[R] Installing a package yet it will not work.

Liaw, Andy andy_liaw at merck.com
Tue Jan 17 02:47:20 CET 2006


Several people have reported problem with installed packages recently, and
several turned out to be caused by the use of the StatLib mirror site.
Please try installing from a different mirror site and see if that solves
the problem for you.

Andy

From: Farrel Buchinsky
> 
> I want R to read my Microsoft Access database or maybe even a Sybase
> database. I installed RODBC or at least thought I did. Then I 
> issued the
> following command:
> 
> library(RODBC) 
> 
> And got
> 
> Error in lazyLoadDBfetch(key, datafile, compressed, envhook) : 
>         ReadItem: unknown type 241
> In addition: Warning message:
> package 'RODBC' was built under R version 2.3.0 
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'RODBC'
> 
> I am running R2.2.1 on Windows XP. Where does one begin to 
> troubleshoot
> this.
> 
> Farrel Buchinsky, MD --- Mobile (412) 779-1073
> Pediatric Otolaryngologist
> Allegheny General Hospital
> Pittsburgh, PA 
> 
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