[R] arules package intsallation

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Thomas Chesney wrote:

> I'm using R version 2.13.0 (2011-04-13) on Mac OS X and I get the following error message with library(arules):

Well somehow you used a version of arules built for R 2.14.0.  Try the 
build for R 2.13.x.

And please note that R-sig-mac is the list for Mac-specific questions 
(which this is: only on Mac OS X are package build locked to a 
specific version of R).

>
> Loading required package: Matrix
> Loading required package: lattice
>
> Attaching package: 'Matrix'
>
> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:base':
>
>    det
>
> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>  unable to load shared object '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/library/arules/libs/i386/arules.so':
>  dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/library/arules/libs/i386/arules.so, 6): Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.14/Resources/lib/libR.dylib
>  Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/library/arules/libs/i386/arules.so
>  Reason: image not found
> In addition: Warning message:
> package 'arules' was built under R version 2.14.0 
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'arules'
>
> The arules CRAN page says: Depends: R (≥ 2.11.0), stats, methods, 
> Matrix (≥ 0.999375-38), all of which I have - anyone know what the 
> problem is? I'm really relunctant to update R as its Package 
> Installer is blocked somehow by our Firewall and updating all the 
> packages I use is a major hassle.
>
> Thank you (as always!)
>
> Thomas
>
> PS on a related note, are the package installer port settings 
> available somewhere and I'll send them to IT, ask them to unblock 
> it?

What exactly do you mean by 'package installer'?  There is not really 
any such thing.  Inside R, install.packages() just uses http, and 
R.app's menus (if that is what you mean: R.app is not R, BTW) just use 
install.packages().  I think you need to talk to your IT people and 
get them to solve their problem (and it is their problem, not ours).

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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