[R-SIG-Mac] Error while loading packages R 2.14.0

[Hervé Pagès]

On 11-11-12 11:30 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011, Riccardo Romoli wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have already installed R 2.14.0 and I have some problem to load
>> several packages, in particular xcms package. I installed it directly
>> from the GUI and when I try to load it the R I have:
>>
>>> library(xcms)
>> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>> unable to load shared object
>> '/Users/riccardoromoli/Library/R/2.14/library/xcms/libs/x86_64/xcms.so':
>> dlopen(/Users/riccardoromoli/Library/R/2.14/library/xcms/libs/x86_64/xcms.so,
>> 6): Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libnetcdf.7.dylib
>> Referenced from:
>> /Users/riccardoromoli/Library/R/2.14/library/xcms/libs/x86_64/xcms.so
>> Reason: image not found
>> Inoltre: Warning message:
>> In library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE, lib.loc
>> = lib.loc) :
>> there is no package called ‘digest’
>> Errore: package/namespace load failed for ‘xcms’
>>>
>>
>> I think the error is the absence of ibnetcdf.7.dylib. Do you have any
>> idea how can I correct this error??
>
> 1) Ask BioC to build the package correctly, or
> 2) Build from the sources yourself, preferably using a static netcdf
> library.
>
> People should not be distributing Mac binary packages with hardcoded
> paths to dependencies not in the R framework: CRAN does not.

Not true. rggobi, Cairo and other Mac binaries on CRAN have
hardcoded paths to a bunch of stuff that is not in the R framework.

> In
> particular, /usr/local/lib need administrative privileges to populate.

Note that installing the external stuff needed by rggobi, Cairo etc
also requires administrative privileges.

Cheers,
H.

>
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Riccardo
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