[R] loading RMySQL - location of MySQL install

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Jeff Laux <jefflaux at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am having trouble loading RMySQL after installing it.  I have looked at
> archived r-help files and it seems many people have had issues, but I didn't
> find my specific issue.  I also went to the webpage at Vanderbilt
> (http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/RMySQL) and followed the
> instructions as best I understood them:
>
>    - I created a file called Renviron.site under "etc" in the R folder.  In
> it, I tried to put a pointer to where MySQL is.
>        I tried:
>            - MYSQL_HOME=C:/PROGRA~1/MySQL/MYSQL~Server~5.5/
>            - MYSQL_HOME=C:/PROGRA~1/MySQL/MYSQLS~5.5/bin
>              (which are guesses at how this should be written from the
> example on the webpage.)
>            - MYSQL_HOME=C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.5
>              (the actual location; n.b. adding "\bin" yields the location of
> the mysql.exe file)
>    - I then re-start R and attempt to load the package.
>    - I get the following error messages:
>
> Loading required package: DBI
> Error : MYSQL_HOME was set but does not point to a directory
> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'RMySQL'
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'RMySQL'
>
> Does anyone know how to write this so that it does point to the directory
> properly?Or, what else might be the problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
> PS, I am running windows XP media edition and R 2.10.1, if that matters.
>

Check out:
http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/RMySQL-problem-on-Windows-7-32-bit-tt3520472.html#a3522409

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