[R-SIG-Mac] lme4 fails to load in R GUI 2.8.0

[Simon Urbanek]

On Nov 19, 2008, at 15:07 , Christopher David Desjardins wrote:

> Thanks.  What I am still a bit confused about is why it loads in  
> Aquamacs and from Terminal but not from R.app GUI.  This still seems  
> like a bit of a mystery to me.
>

Because you have set different library paths in each.  
Check .libPaths() as I was suggesting in the first e-mail.

Cheers
S


>
> On Nov 19, 2008, at 8:34 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>
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>> On Nov 18, 2008, at 22:30 , Christopher David Desjardins wrote:
>>
>>> Am I correct in thinking then that's it this old version of lme4  
>>> that I have installed?  This version is from 14 October 2007 but I  
>>> need this specific version for a course I'm taking.
>>
>> Yes, it appears so. You cannot use such an old version (binary)  
>> with the current R. For the course it should not matter which  
>> version you are using.
>> If you feel brave, you can try to compile the old version from  
>> sources in the new R (download the source .tar.gz file and use R  
>> CMD INSTALL to install it). It may not work because old versions  
>> are not designed to work in new R versions, but you can try your  
>> luck if you really can't live with the new version.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> S
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>>>
>>>> You are picking up a very ancient binary for R 2.5.0 (as you can  
>>>> see from the error). Check your .libPath() for old package  
>>>> binaries and remove/reinstall them.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> S
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Christopher David Desjardins wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When I try to load lme4 on R (2.8.0) in the R GUI for Mac OS X,  
>>>>> I get the following warnings and errors ...
>>>>>
>>>>> > library(lme4)
>>>>> Loading required package: Matrix
>>>>> Loading required package: lattice
>>>>>
>>>>> Attaching package: 'Matrix'
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 	The following object(s) are masked from package:stats :
>>>>>
>>>>> 	 xtabs
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 	The following object(s) are masked from package:base :
>>>>>
>>>>> 	 colMeans,
>>>>> 	 colSums,
>>>>> 	 rcond,
>>>>> 	 rowMeans,
>>>>> 	 rowSums
>>>>>
>>>>> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>>>>> unable to load shared library '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/ 
>>>>> Resources/library/lme4/libs/i386/lme4.so':
>>>>> dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/lme4/ 
>>>>> libs/i386/lme4.so, 6): Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/ 
>>>>> R.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
>>>>> Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/ 
>>>>> library/lme4/libs/i386/lme4.so
>>>>> Reason: image not found
>>>>> In addition: Warning messages:
>>>>> 1: In namespaceImportFrom(self, asNamespace(ns)) :
>>>>> replacing previous import: cov2cor
>>>>> 2: In namespaceImportFrom(self, asNamespace(ns)) :
>>>>> replacing previous import: update
>>>>> 3: In namespaceImportFrom(self, asNamespace(ns)) :
>>>>> replacing previous import: xtabs
>>>>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'lme4'
>>>>>
>>>>> However, I can properly load lme4 from Aquamacs via ESS and from  
>>>>> Terminal.  I get the same warnings just not the dyn.load() error.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know what I need to do?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
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>>>
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