[R-sig-Debian] package XML does not load in R 2.15.1

[John Kane]

Thank you Michael.

It took all of two minutes to install "libxml2-dev" and XML and it seems to be running




John Kane
Kingston ON Canada


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mar36 at psu.edu
> Sent: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:00:42 -0400
> To: jrkrideau at inbox.com
> Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] package XML does not load in R 2.15.1
> 
> 
> 
> On 07/21/2012 10:42 AM, John Kane wrote:
>> I am getting what appears to be an Unbuntu level error in trying to
>> install the
>> XML package.
>> 
>> Both commands:
>> install.packages("XML:)
>> install.packages("XML", dependencies = TRUE)
>>   give an error .
>> 
>> The full installation script is below but the problem to my very
>> inexperenced eye seems to be here:
>> 
>> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
>> checking for xml2-config... no
>> Cannot find xml2-config
>> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘XML’
>> 
>> I seem to have libxml1 version 2.7.8defg.1ubuntu installed if this is
>> relevent.
>> 
>> Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
>> 
>>   Ubuntu 12.04
>> sessionInfo()
>> R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22)
>> Platform: i686-pc-linux-gnu (32-bit)
> 
> John,
> 
> The Ubuntu package you need to install is "libxml2-dev".  Or you could
> install "r-cran-xml" from the cran2deb4ubuntu PPA and it will resolve
> all the dependencies for you.  Details here:
> 
> https://launchpad.net/~marutter/+archive/c2d4u
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Dr. Michael A. Rutter
> School of Science
> Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
> 4205 College Drive
> Erie, PA 16563
> http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/rutter
> mar36 at psu.edu

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