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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’m new to R & Linux. I have used RODBC on Windows to access
Oracle with no problems whatsoever. However I tried using the same RODBC zip
file available under the contrib section for Windows, on Linux with no success.
When I type library(RODBC) I get the following error</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>library(RODBC)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Error in library.dynam(pkg,lib.loc=lib):</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> Dynamic
library ‘RODBC’ not found</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> Error in library(RODBC): .First.lib
failed </span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I also tried to find a Linux specific RODBC package, but can’t
find one either under ‘Package Sources’ on CRAN or the Linux
subdirectory</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’m running Red Hat Linux 7.3 using VMware & have the R
version 1.5.1</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Does somebody know what I’m doing wrong. </span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks for your help!</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Vikram</span></font></p>
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