[R] RMySQL

[r meeks]

Thank you - it works great now.


>From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>To: r meeks <rmeeksweb at hotmail.com>
>CC: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>Subject: Re: [R] RMySQL
>Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 17:14:50 +0000 (GMT)
>
>dlltool is part of the compiler set, so that's where your troubles begin.
>
>However, the instructions are not those for the binary install.  All you
>need to do is to get RMySQL.zip from CRAN and put RMySQL/libs/libmysql.dll
>somewhere in your path.
>
>On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, r meeks wrote:
>
> > I don't know if this is the proper forum but here goes:
> >
> > I'm trying to install the RMySQL library under Windows XP.  The 
>instructions
> > say to use reimp to create an R-compatible MySQL library file 
>"libmysql.dll"
> > but when I try to run reimp I get the error "reimp: dlltool: No such 
>file or
> > directory"
> >
> > Obviously something is missing or can't be found but I can't tell what 
>from
> > the message!  I'm using fresh downloads of mingw utils and the RMySQL
> > library.
> >
> > And of course the library doesn't work in R - I get the message "Error 
>in
> > testRversion(descfile) : This package has not been installed properly
> > See the Note in ?library" when I try to load it.
> >
> > Other libraries work fine.  I realize this failure is due to the 
>reimport
> > failure.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
>--
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