[R-sig-Debian] rjags in Ubuntu 10.04

[Michael Rutter]

On 11/04/2010 10:03 AM, ottorino wrote:
> Il giorno gio, 27/05/2010 alle 10.23 +0100, Scott Brogan ha scritto:
>> I've not been able to install rjags successfully in Ubuntu 10.04 :
>> ......
>
> Dear members of the list,
> I'm trying to re-install the couple JAGS/rjags on my system.
>
>> Ubuntu 10.04 (on amd64)
>> GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version2.18.0)
>> ESS version 5.11
>> R 2.12.0

 >> Snip

> .......
> configure: error: "Cannot load JAGS library in /usr/local/lib"
> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rjags’
> * removing ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rjags’
>
> I get the same error on
>
> install.packages("rjags", configure.args="
> --with-jags-lib=/usr/local/lib/JAGS
> --with-jags-modules=/usr/local/lib/JAGS/modules")
>
> and on
>
> install.packages("rjags", configure.args="
> --with-jags-lib=/usr/local/lib64/JAGS
> --with-jags-modules=/usr/local/lib64/JAGS/modules")
>
> I've googled around and tried the directions written here
>
> http://yusung.blogspot.com/2009/01/install-jags-and-rjags-in-fedora.html
>
> and here
>
> http://quote.ucsd.edu/blogs/rogblog/2008/11/09/installing-rjags-on-64-bit-debian-etch/
>
> but without success.
>
> Any hint ?
>
>

I would first make sure you have the latest version of JAGS from Martyn 
Plummer's website (http://www-fis.iarc.fr/~martyn/software/jags/). 
Install that as per the directions.  Then, from a command line, run:

sudo ldconfig

That is what fixed the problem for me in the past.  Then you should be 
able to install rjags from within R.

Hope this helps,
Michael


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