[R] Error installing rjags in Ubuntu Linux

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

Paul Heinrich Dietrich wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> Thanks for the suggestion.  It looks like that is an excellent way to
> install JAGS.  I've also been successful with installing JAGS, but cannot
> get the rjags package to install, so I can call JAGS from R.  Any
> suggestions there?  Thanks.

After getting jags installed, I did not encounter problems running just 
install.packages('rjags').  You might provide some details to the group 
and someone may spot the problem.

Frank

> 
> 
> Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:
>> See if this helps:http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/JAGSInstallExample
>>
>> Improvements to this approach are welcomed.
>> Frank
>>
>>
>> Paul Heinrich Dietrich wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Here is a step-by-step guide to exactly how I've installed R in Ubuntu:
>>> http://www.nabble.com/installing-R-on-Ubuntu-td10025949.html#a21894865
>>>
>>> Regarding rjags, here is what happened:
>>>
>>> This webpage
>>> (http://yusung.blogspot.com/2009/01/install-jags-and-rjags-in-fedora.html)
>>> recommends logging into R as sudo R, and then typing:
>>>
>>> install.packages("rjags",
>>> configure.args="--with-jags-include=/usr/local/include/JAGS
>>> --with-jags-lib=/usr/local/lib/JAGS
>>> --with-jags-modules=/usr/local/lib/JAGS/modules")
>>>
>>> ...but I get...
>>>
>>> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) : 
>>>   unable to load shared library
>>> '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rjags/libs/rjags.so':
>>>
>>> ...which is virtually identical to this thread
>>> (http://www.nabble.com/unable-to-install-rjags-on-64-bit-Debian-Linux-(etch)-td20404210.html#a20404210)
>>> about a 64-bit install.  Although my computer has dual AMD64's, I'm sure
>>> it's a 32-bit system.  I have removed rjags with
>>> remove.packages("rjags"). 
>>> Does anybody know how to install rjags in Ubuntu Linux (I'm specifying
>>> it,
>>> because I am very new and don't know what I'm doing yet)?  Thanks.
>>
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>>                       Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University
>>
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Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University