[R] Error installing rjags in Ubuntu Linux

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

See if this helps:http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/JAGSInstallExample

Improvements to this approach are welcomed.
Frank


Paul Heinrich Dietrich wrote:
> Hi,
> Here is a step-by-step guide to exactly how I've installed R in Ubuntu:
> http://www.nabble.com/installing-R-on-Ubuntu-td10025949.html#a21894865
> 
> Regarding rjags, here is what happened:
> 
> This webpage
> (http://yusung.blogspot.com/2009/01/install-jags-and-rjags-in-fedora.html)
> recommends logging into R as sudo R, and then typing:
> 
> install.packages("rjags",
> configure.args="--with-jags-include=/usr/local/include/JAGS
> --with-jags-lib=/usr/local/lib/JAGS
> --with-jags-modules=/usr/local/lib/JAGS/modules")
> 
> ...but I get...
> 
> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) : 
>   unable to load shared library
> '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rjags/libs/rjags.so':
> 
> ...which is virtually identical to this thread
> (http://www.nabble.com/unable-to-install-rjags-on-64-bit-Debian-Linux-(etch)-td20404210.html#a20404210)
> about a 64-bit install.  Although my computer has dual AMD64's, I'm sure
> it's a 32-bit system.  I have removed rjags with remove.packages("rjags"). 
> Does anybody know how to install rjags in Ubuntu Linux (I'm specifying it,
> because I am very new and don't know what I'm doing yet)?  Thanks.


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Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University