[R-sig-hpc] Error message "not installed for 'arch=xx'" when installing Rmpi in R-2.12.0

[Hao Yu]

So far Rmpi only works under 32bit R as indicated in
http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/yu/Rmpi/windows.htm. I am still working on
R 64bit/Rmpi/MPICH 64bit version.

Hao

Melwin wrote:
> Dear all,
> I tried to install Rmpi 0.5.9 (MPICH-version) for R-2.12.0 under Windows
> 7, 64bit.
> In both R-variants (32/64 bit) I get the following error message:
>
> R 32 bit:
>> install.packages(pkgs="e:/download/Rmpi_0.5-9.zip", repos = NULL, type =
>> "win.binary")
>> library(Rmpi)
> Error: package 'Rmpi' is not installed for 'arch=i386'
>
> R 64 bit:
>> install.packages(pkgs="e:/download/Rmpi_0.5-9.zip", repos = NULL, type =
>> "win64.binary")
>> library(Rmpi)
> Error: package 'Rmpi' is not installed for 'arch=x64'
>
> There are no other R-versions on this computer.
> I tried both versions of MPICH (32 and 64 bit) - same results.
> I tried installing both R and MPICH in 32 bit only - same results.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> Melwin
>
>
> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
> Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
>
> locale:
> [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252  LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252
> [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
> [5] LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] tools_2.12.0
>
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