[R-SIG-Mac] nlme (or base) problem

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2011, Adelchi Azzalini wrote:

> library(nlme) does not load,
> this is what I get:
>
> R> library(nlme)
> Error in .Call("R_lazyLoadDBfetch", key, file, compressed, hook, PACKAGE = 
> "base") :
> C symbol name "R_lazyLoadDBfetch" not in DLL for package "base"
>
> However the probleme could be in the base package.

That is part of R itself (the 'DLL for package "base"' is libR.dylib).
It is strange it gets that far, as the same code is used to load other 
packages (e.g. 'stats'), so maybe the loader in nlme is corrupt.

In any case, it seems you have a corrupt R installation.  I would try 
reinstalling, but beware that this might indicate that the wrong 
libR.dylib is being found and so you may need unpick any remains of 
earlier installations.

Brian

> If I try with the Package Manger, then I get this:
>
> Error in .Call("R_lazyLoadDBfetch", key, file, compressed, hook, PACKAGE = 
> "base") :
> C symbol name "R_lazyLoadDBfetch" not in DLL for package "base"
> In addition: Warning message:
> In FUN("Orthodont"[[1L]], ...) : restarting interrupted promise evaluation
> starting httpd help server ... done
>
> details about my intallation are below.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adelchi Azzalini
>
> ---
> R> R.version
>              _
> platform       i386-apple-darwin9.8.0
> arch           i386
> os             darwin9.8.0
> system         i386, darwin9.8.0
> status
> major          2
> minor          12.1
> year           2010
> month          12
> day            16
> svn rev        53855
> language       R
> version.string R version 2.12.1 (2010-12-16)
> R>
>
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