[R] does rpy support R 2.12.2

[José Matos]

On Tuesday 01 March 2011 23:36:20 Pete Shepard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am getting the following error when I try to run import rpy from the the
> python IDE:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/rpy.py", line 134, in <module>
>     """ % RVERSION)
> RuntimeError: No module named _rpy2122
> 
>       RPy module can not be imported. Please check if your rpy
>       installation supports R 2.12.2. If you have multiple R versions
>       installed, you may need to set RHOME before importing rpy. For
> 
>       example:
>       >>> from rpy_options import set_options
>       >>> set_options(RHOME='c:/progra~1/r/rw2011/')
>       >>> from rpy import *
> 
> I am wondering if rpy supports R 2.12.2?
> 
> Thanks

Yes it does but you need to recompile it for the new R version.

FWIW your example above is strange in the sense that you are using a linux 
version and passing it a windows path... regardless it does not work because 
the installed rpy was compiled against a previous version of R.

I hope it helps,

-- 
José Abílio