[R-sig-ME] Problem with library(lme4a)

[Ben Bolker]

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On 11-07-12 09:53 PM, zListserv wrote:
>> Hmmm.
> 
> Thanks for your prompt reply.  Please see below
> 
> 
>>
>>   I believe the key is
>>
>> Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libgfortran.2.dylib
>>
>>   I think this is happening because I had Xcode installed on my machine,
>> which includes a copy of libfortran.2.dylib in /usr/local/lib, on it
>> when I built the binary, so that's where R is looking for it.  R
>> installs its own version in
>> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/lib/ , but
>> that's not where it's being told to look.
>>
>>   Possible solutions:
>>
>> * see if the binary version on R-forge happens to be working right now
>> (install.packages(...,repos="http://r-forge.r-project.org"))
> 
> Tried it but didn't fix it.
> 
>> * wait for me to figure out how to build a version that looks in the
>> right place and put it up on the specialized lme4 repository
> 
> I would be most grateful if you could do this
> 
>> * install Xcode (at which point you should also be able to build your
>> own version from source ... ?)
> 
> I could probably figure this out because I already have xcode installed.
> 
>> * open a terminal window and
>>   (1) locate libfortran.2.dylib

  ** this was a typo, as you found out below -- should be
libgfortran.2.dylib

>>      [confirm that the library is where I think it is]
>>   (2) cd /usr/local/lib
>>   (3) sudo ln -s
>> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/lib/libgfortran.2.dylib
>>
> 
> $ ls /usr/local/lib/libfortran.2.dylib
> ls: /usr/local/lib/libfortran.2.dylib: No such file or directory
> 
> $ ls /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/lib/libfortran.2.dylib
> ls: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/lib/libfortran.2.dylib: No such file or directory
> 
> but
> 
> $ ls /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/lib/libgfortran.2.dylib
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/lib/libgfortran.2.dylib
> 
> is libgfortran.2.dylib the correct library to which I should link?

  Yes.  Try following steps #2 and #3 above and see what happens?

 I'm a little surprised you already have Xcode installed -- it falsifies
a few of my hunches ...

> 
> On 2011-07-12, at 17:37, zListserv at gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to use lme4a but the library will not load on my Macintosh.  I'd appreciate any advice about how to make this work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> <snip>

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