[R] Problem installing and using package "tseries"

[Robert A LaBudde]

Thanks, Uwe.

Note that another posting today had the same type of problem:

> >> require(Matrix)
> > Loading required package: Matrix
> > Error in dyn.load(file, ...) :
> >  unable to load shared library
> > 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-26~1.2/library/Matrix/libs/Matrix.dll':
> >  LoadLibrary failure:  The specified module could not be found.
> >

In both cases, R is looking to the wrong folder apparently.

At 04:54 PM 4/10/2008, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>Can you please try to reinstall in roughly 12 hours from now from CRAN master?
>I have fixed the problem and recompiled tseries which will appear on 
>CRAN master within 12 hours.
>
>Best wishes,
>Uwe Ligges
>
>
>Robert A. LaBudde wrote:
>>I have R 2.6.2, and have tried downloading and installing the 
>>package "tseries". I get the same error when I use two different mirror sites:
>>  > utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
>>trying URL 
>>'http://cran.mirrors.hoobly.com/bin/windows/contrib/2.6/tseries_0.10-14.zip'
>>Content type 'application/zip' length 400799 bytes (391 Kb)
>>opened URL
>>downloaded 391 Kb
>>package 'tseries' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>The downloaded packages are in
>>          C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local 
>> Settings\Temp\Rtmpk2jrvn\downloaded_packages
>>updating HTML package descriptions
>>  > library('tseries')
>>Error in dyn.load(file, ...) :
>>    unable to load shared library 
>> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-26~1.2/library/tseries/libs/tseries.dll':
>>    LoadLibrary failure:  The specified module could not be found.
>>
>>Error: package/namespace load failed for 'tseries'
>>  >
>>There doesn't seem to be anything unusual. The package is installed 
>>like any other, and the required file is at C:\Program 
>>Files\R\R-2.6.2\library\tseries\libs\tseries.dll. It is 36,864 
>>bytes and looks superficially okay.
>>Any ideas as to what's wrong here?
>>Thanks.
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