[R-SIG-Mac] R-devel, python, and rpy

[Jan de Leeuw]

Where and how did you get your rpy ?

-- Jan


On Jun 4, 2004, at 22:12, Adam Naples wrote:

> Perhaps this is a silly question for the lis, but I can't seem to get  
> rpy  ( http://rpy.sourceforge.net)  fully working with this version of  
> R.  some basic functions work, but little else.
>
> When I try to import the rpy module in python I get the following  
> error.
> 		
> 		>>> from rpy import *
> 		Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
> 	        		unable to load shared library  
> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.0.0/Resources/library/ 
> stats/libs/stats.so":
> 		  dlcompat: dyld: python can't open library: libR.dylib  (No such  
> file or directory, errno = 2)
> 		Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
> 		        unable to load shared library  
> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.0.0/Resources/library/ 
> methods/libs/methods.so":
> 		  dlcompat: dyld: python can't open library: libR.dylib  (No such  
> file or directory, errno = 2)
> 		In addition: Warning message:
> 		package stats in options("defaultPackages") was not found
>
>
> but some commands still work such as
> 		>>> r.seq(1,10)
> 		[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
>
> but if I try to do anything fancier, I get errors and if I try to load  
> a library it crashes.
>
> In the README for rpy it tells me I need to build R with the following
> configure option    '--enable-R-shlib
>
> I am not at all sure what this means, should I download the source and  
> just rebuild R locally?
>
> Any help or clarification would be fantastic.
> thanks in advance
> -an
>
> On Jun 3, 2004, at 7:47 PM, Jan de Leeuw wrote:
>
>> The new version of R-devel on http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu/pub has
>> binaries for about 480 packages. It includes native versions
>> of RGtk and some of its friends (RGtkConsole, RGtkViewers,
>> RGtkScrollPane), which allow you to write portable GUI R
>> applications (with the Aqua look on OS X). The caveat is that
>> both RGtk and the GTK+OSX frameworks are still incomplete, so
>> some widgets are inevitably missing.
>>
>> Observe that this version has no support for X11, uses Aqua
>> Tcl/Tk, and is intended to be used from either Terminal.app
>> or Emacs.app, and not from R.app.
>> ===
>> Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics;
>> Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical  
>> Software
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Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics;
Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical  
Software
US mail: 8130 Math Sciences Bldg, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554
phone (310)-825-9550;  fax (310)-206-5658;  email: deleeuw at stat.ucla.edu
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