[R] clines loading error

[Roger Bivand]

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

> I think your R is too old.  Packages can indicate they need a particular 
> version of R, but it is unreasonable to expect them to be tested on 
> versions predating the package (which as clines is not on CRAN I can't 
> check but suspect to be the case).

This is correct, clines depends on graphics code that dates from mid 
October 2002; Paul Murrell wrote then: "In 1.6.0 I have exposed a C-level 
call for calculating contour lines". So you need at least 1.6.0 to use 
clines.

> 
> On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Karim Elsawy wrote:
> 
> > I'm running R 1.4.1 under linux , recently I installed the package
> > clines_1.0.tar.gz
> > R CMD INSTALL clines_1.0.tar.gz
> > and it is installed with no errors
> > 
> > when I try to use it , I get this error
> > 
> > library(clines)
> > Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
> >         unable to load shared library
> > "/usr/lib/R/library/clines/libs/clines.so":
> >   /usr/lib/R/library/clines/libs/clines.so: undefined symbol:
> > GEcontourLines
> > Error in library(clines) : .First.lib failed
> 
> 

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