[R] library(kernlab) --- unable to load shared library

[Phil Spector]

Yuliya -
    The error message doesn't say that the file doesn't exist --
it says that it contains a symbol which can't be resolved,
in this case dgemv_ .  A quick google search shows that this
is part of the BLAS library.  So my guess is that you have 
installed the BLAS library in some non-standard location.
You didn't mention what Linux distribution you're using, or
whether you built R and the kernlab library from source or
not, so it's hard to give specific guidance to solve your 
problem.

 					- Phil Spector
 					 Statistical Computing Facility
 					 Department of Statistics
 					 UC Berkeley
 					 spector at stat.berkeley.edu



On Tue, 9 Nov 2010, Yuliya Matveyeva wrote:

> Dear R users,
> I have recently encountered a problem with using the function `library` in
> order to load the package `kernlab`.
>
> My output of sessionInfo() is as follows:
> R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14)
> x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> locale:
> [1] C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> I have installed the package by install.packages("kernlab"), and it had
> ended up
> in giving a message about the package being installed successfully.
>
> But as soon as I type library(kernlab) the output is:
>
> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>  unable to load shared library
> '/usr/local/sage/local/lib/R//library/kernlab/libs/kernlab.so':
>  /usr/local/sage/local/lib/R//library/kernlab/libs/kernlab.so: undefined
> symbol: dgemv_
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'kernlab'
>
> The call to .libPaths() lists '/usr/local/sage/local/lib/R//library' and one
> more path.
>
> I have manually checked if the package is in the directory
> /usr/local/sage/local/lib/R//library
> => it is there... (at least there is a folder with the name `kernlab`)
>
> Could you please make any suggestions concerning the causes and/or solution
> of this problem ?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Yuliya Matveyeva.
>
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