[R-sig-Debian] rkward on Ubuntu heron with R2.8.0

[Duncan Golicher]

Many thanks Michael.

I think I'll just wait, under the assumption that the fix will find its 
way into the Ubuntu package. Rkward is very nice, but I don't really 
need it. I was worried that I had broken something else too.

Duncan

Michael Rutter wrote:
> Duncan,
>
> The current version of rkward is broken under R 2.8.0.  The rkward 
> developers are aware of this and I believe they have a fix, but the 
> fix has not been applied to the code used to compile Ubunutu 
> packages.  We provide the rkward package on an experimental basis, and 
> this falls under the experiment portion of the process.
>
> I would recommend heading over to the rkward website/mailing lists and 
> inquiring about the status of the fix.  You may also consider 
> compiling rkward from source yourself, using the emails in the 
> rkward-devel as a guide around the problem.
>
> Michael
>
> Duncan Golicher wrote:
>> I am running R on Ubuntu Heron.
>>
>> I recently updated to R 2.8.0 from the default (2.6) in the Ubuntu 
>> heron repository by adding
>> deb http://cran.stat.sfu.ca/bin/linux/ubuntu hardy/
>> I updated all packages installed in /usr/lib/R/site-library and those 
>> in my home directory  /home/duncan/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.6
>> without obvious issues. I installed adehabitat and gpclib, which 
>> should be good tests as they depend on the Matrix package. However I 
>> have now lost the use of rkward.
>>
>> rkward
>> /usr/bin/rkward.bin
>> error while loading shared libraries: libRlapack.so: cannot open 
>> shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>> I tried adding a backport repository
>>
>> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main 
>> restricted universe multiverse
>>
>> Didn't help. I can't find anything else wrong. This list seems to be 
>> the best place to ask. Does anyone know how to get rkward working 
>> with R2.8.0?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Duncan
>>
>>
>


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