[R-sig-DB] RdbiPgSQL, OS X, and the location of libpq.5.dylib

[Kasper Daniel Hansen]

Are you compiling the R package from source, and if yes, there might  
be an install option to tell where the Postgres library is. But I am  
not familiar with that database.

Kasper

On Aug 21, 2008, at 7:03 PM, Jason Foster wrote:

> I'm using a prebuilt Postgres binary which puts things in ...
>
> /Library/PostgreSQL8/lib/libpq.5.0.dylib
> /Library/PostgreSQL8/lib/libpq.5.1.dylib
> /Library/PostgreSQL8/lib/libpq.5.dylib
> /Library/PostgreSQL8/lib/libpq.a
> /Library/PostgreSQL8/lib/libpq.dylib
>
> ... so when I execute ...
>
> library(RdbiPgSQL)
>
> ... I get back some quite sensible errors:
>
> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>  unable to load shared library '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/ 
> Resources/library/RdbiPgSQL/libs/i386/RdbiPgSQL.so':
>  dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/RdbiPgSQL/ 
> libs/i386/RdbiPgSQL.so, 6): Library not loaded: /usr/local/pgsql/lib/ 
> libpq.5.dylib
>  Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/ 
> RdbiPgSQL/libs/i386/RdbiPgSQL.so
>  Reason: image not found
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'RdbiPgSQL'
>
> I can add some soft links to my system, but I was wondering if there  
> was a better way to get things working?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jason
>
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