[R] error loading Matrix in Mac OSX 10.4

[Prof Brian Ripley]

I think you need to ask on the R-sig-mac list with many more details.

My understanding is that Matrix.so should import something like
libintl_dgettext and that the R executable should export it.  Hence my 
suspicion is that your build of R is the problem rather than the 
installation of Matrix.  So the first point to check is if 
libintl_dgettext is being exported by your executable.

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Constantinos Antoniou wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am having trouble loading Matrix (0.96-3) in self-compiled R-2.1.1-
> beta, and self compiled R.app (got it a couple of days ago via:
>
> svn co https://svn.r-project.org/R-packages/trunk/Mac-GUI Mac-GUI )
>
> on Mac OS 10.4.1.
>
> The problem I get when I try to load Matrix is the following: (I know
> I do not need to worry about the warnings, even though it might be
> nice to know why they occur, if there is something simple):
>
>
> Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
>     unable to load shared library '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/
> Resources/library/Matrix/libs/Matrix.so':
>   dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/Matrix/
> libs/Matrix.so, 6): Symbol not found: _libintl_dgettext
>   Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/
> Matrix/libs/Matrix.so
>   Expected in: flat namespace
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: cannot create HTML package index in: make.packages.html()
> 2: cannot create HTML package index in: make.packages.html()
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'Matrix'
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Constantinos Antoniou
>
>
> PS.
>
> > str(.Platform)
> List of 6
> $ OS.type   : chr "unix"
> $ file.sep  : chr "/"
> $ dynlib.ext: chr ".so"
> $ GUI       : chr "X11"
> $ endian    : chr "big"
> $ pkgType   : chr "mac.binary"
> > R.version.string
> [1] "R version 2.1.1, 2005-06-14"
> >
>
>
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> Constantinos Antoniou, Ph.D.
> Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering
> National Technical University of Athens
> 5, Iroon Polytechniou str. GR-15773, Athens, Greece
>
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