[R-sig-Debian] Problems when installing RODBC in debian etch

[Vincent Goulet]

Le ven. 27 juin à 11:05, Johannes Ranke a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> I just added RODBC to the list of packages maintained for the Debian
> etch backports on CRAN.

<Sigh :-> Did the same on Ubuntu i386. README update, too.

Vincent

> The r-cran-rodbc packages are on their way to
> CRAN - if you want them now, you can use
>
>    deb http://chem.uft.uni-bremen.de/r-cran etch-cran/
>
> as an alternative.
>
> Johannes
>
> * Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> [080627 13:30]:
>>
>> On 27 June 2008 at 08:28, griera at gmail.com wrote:
>> | Hi:
>> |
>> | A Divendres 27 Juny 2008 04:14, Dirk Eddelbuettel va escriure:
>> | > On 26 June 2008 at 18:14, griera at gmail.com wrote:
>> | > | but, when I tried to load it using library(RODBC) I get the  
>> following
>> | error:
>> | > | 	> library(RODBC) Error in Sys.localeconv()$decimal_point :
>> | > |
>> | > | 	$ operator is invalid for atomic vectors
>> | > | 	Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'RODBC'
>> | > | 	Error: package/namespace load failed for 'RODBC'
>> | > |
>> | > | What I'm doing wrong? Thanks a lot.
>> | >
>> | > It looks like the package and your R version are out of sync.   
>> What R
>> | > version are you using?  Did you get it from Debian like r-cran- 
>> rodbc ?
>> |
>> | The version of the packages is:
>> | 	r-base-core 2.7.1-1~etchcran.0
>> | 	r-cran-rodbc 1.1.7-1 1.1.7-1
>>
>> Ah, yes, "it is our fault" -- you are using the new R via the CRAN  
>> repos
>> (which is the Right Thing if you want newer R).
>>
>> But it turns out that that version is no longer compatible with the  
>> RODBC
>> version in Debian etch.  In Debian testing and unstable, we are at  
>> RODBC
>> 1.2.3-1.
>>
>> | I have installed the package with the command:
>> | 	$ sudo apt-get install r-cran-rodbc
>> | In the sources.list I have (in this order):
>> | 	deb http://cran.cict.fr/bin/linux/debian etch-cran/
>> | 	deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
>> | 	deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
>> | This is OK?
>>
>> It is, it is just that "we" are trying to help by offering a newer  
>> R, yet are
>> conflicting with the older RODBC.
>>
>> It really is a problem with the older Debian etch.  So you do need  
>> to rebuild
>> RODBC, either build your own r-cran-rodbc from sources (so you  
>> would take the
>> sources from current Debian and rebuild on your machine) or use R's
>> facilities -- whichever you are most familiar with.
>>
>> | Thanks a lot. G Riera
>>
>> Thanks for your patience, Dirk
>>
>> -- 
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>>
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