[R-pkg-devel] Winbuilder error for rgl on R 3.6.3

[Tim Schäfer]

Dear Uwe,

It worked this time, thanks. Apparently just a hiccup.

Best,

Tim

> On 04/26/2021 11:18 PM Uwe Ligges <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
> 
>  
> What happens if you simply try again?
> 
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> On 26.04.2021 20:32, Tim Schäfer wrote:
> > Dear R experts,
> > 
> > I am testing my R package 'fsbrain' using the Winbuilder service [1] before submitting a new version to CRAN.
> > 
> > All checks pass under R versions 4.0.5 and 4.1.0 alpha, but the installation fails under R 3.6.3 because of a problem related to rgl, which is a dependency of my package.
> > 
> > The file 00check.log says 'installation failed' and refers to '00install.log', which contains the following message:
> > 
> > ------------------Message start-------------------------
> > * installing *source* package 'fsbrain' ...
> > ** using staged installation
> > ** R
> > ** inst
> > ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
> > Error in system.file(paste0(dir, "/rgl", .Platform$dynlib.ext), package = pkg,  :
> >    no file found
> > Warning: 	Loading rgl's DLL failed.
> > Warning: Trying without OpenGL...
> > Error in system.file(paste0(dir, "/rgl", .Platform$dynlib.ext), package = pkg,  :
> >    no file found
> > Error: .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rgl', details:
> >    call: fun(libname, pkgname)
> >    error: Loading failed.
> > Execution halted
> > ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'fsbrain'
> > * removing 'd:/RCompile/CRANguest/R-oldrelease/lib/fsbrain'
> > * restoring previous 'd:/RCompile/CRANguest/R-oldrelease/lib/fsbrain'
> > ------------------end-------------------------
> > 
> > The full output of the build process can currently be found at https://win-builder.r-project.org/5Mr7luWmfUNL/
> > 
> > To me it seems that rgl cannot be loaded on the test system, but I do not fully understand the message and what to do about it. I hope somebody here can comment on the message and suggest a solution.
> > 
> > The source code for my package is at https://github.com/dfsp-spirit/fsbrain.
> > 
> > Thanks for your time,
> > 
> > Tim
> > 
> > [1] https://win-builder.r-project.org
> > 
> > --
> > Dr. Tim Schäfer
> > Postdoc Computational Neuroimaging
> > Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy
> > University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
> > 
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Dr. Tim Schäfer
Postdoc Computational Neuroimaging
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy
University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany