[R] about the possible errors in Rgraphviz Package

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 30/03/2010 3:58 PM, HU,ZHENGJUN wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
>   Thank you for the reply and help. I don't think that this is the 
> version problem of Graphviz. All the R packages are installed 
> under 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.10.1/library' instead of
> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-210~1.1/library', whereas the error messages 
> are:
>
> "Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) :
>   unable to load shared library
>  'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-210~1.1/library/Rgraphviz/libs/Rgraphviz.dll':
>   LoadLibrary failure:  The specified module could not be found."
>   

Those are the same path.  Windows has an ancient DOS compatibility mode.

Duncan Murdoch

>   I will contact the Bioconductor mailing list.
>   Thank you again.
>   Howard
>
> On Tue Mar 30 15:36:05 EDT 2010, Martin Morgan 
> <mtmorgan at fhcrc.org> wrote:
>
> > On 03/30/2010 10:24 AM, HU,ZHENGJUN wrote:
> >> Hi Duncan,
> >> 
> >>> (They are pretty hard to find, but I think you can find them on 
> >>> the
> >>> Bioconductor site.)  It is > not enough to install the Rgraphviz
> >>> package, you also need to install Graphviz.
> >> 
> >>  Yes I did. Before installing the Rgraphviz package 
> >> successfully, (1) I
> >> downloaded graphviz-2.26.3.msi for MS Windows (XP) and installed 
> >> it
> >> successfully and (2) I also installed the packages from 
> >> Bioconductor by:
> >> (Note: I use MS Windows XP and R 2.10.1 version)
> > 
> > This is a bioconductor package so please ask on the Bioconductor 
> > mailing
> > list
> > 
> > http://bioconductor.org/docs/mailList.html
> > 
> > See the 'README' file in the 'tar.gz' file at
> > 
> > 
> >   http://bioconductor.org/packages/release/Software.html
> >   http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.5/bioc/html/Rgraphviz.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.5/bioc/src/contrib/Rgraphviz_1.24.0.tar.gz
> > 
> > which says
> > 
> > 
> > o. install Graphviz ***2.20.3.1*** Windows ***binary*** 
> > distribution from
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.graphviz.org/pub/graphviz/stable/windows/graphviz-2.20.3.1.msi
> > 
> > you must use this version of graphviz. File paths must be 
> > correct.
> > 
> > Martin
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> >> source("http://www.bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
> >> biocLite()
> >> 
> >>  I got those error messages:
> >> 
> >> "Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) :
> >>  unable to load shared library
> >> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-210~1.1/library/Rgraphviz/libs/Rgraphviz.dll':
> >>   LoadLibrary failure:  The specified module could not be found."
> >> 
> >>  Obviously, it seems it is the package problem because it should 
> >> go to
> >> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.10.1/library/Rgraphviz/libs/Rgraphviz.dll' 
> >> instead of
> >> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-210~1.1/library/Rgraphviz/libs/Rgraphviz.dll'
> >> 
> >>  Thank you for the reply. Howard
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Tue Mar 30 12:50:44 EDT 2010, Duncan Murdoch 
> >> <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On 30/03/2010 10:44 AM, HU,ZHENGJUN wrote:
> >>>> Hi All,
> >>>> 
> >>>>   I tried to install the package of Rgraphviz in the following 
> >>>> two
> >>>> ways successfully:
> >>>> 
> >>>> source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
> >>>> biocLite("Rgraphviz")
> >>>> 
> >>>> install.packages(pkgs="C:/Progra~1/R/lib_download/Rgraphviz_1.24.0.zip",
> >>>> lib="C:/Progra~1/R/R-2.10.1/library", repos=NULL)
> >>>> 
> >>>> but when I loaded the package though library(Rgraphviz) or
> >>>> library("Rgraphviz"), and got the same error message below:
> >>>> 
> >>>> "Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) :
> >>>>   unable to load shared library
> >>>> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-210~1.1/library/Rgraphviz/libs/Rgraphviz.dll':
> >>>>   LoadLibrary failure:  The specified module could not be found."
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Most likely the problem is that you haven't followed the 
> >>> installation
> >>> instructions.  (They are pretty hard to find, but I think you 
> >>> can find
> >>> them on the Bioconductor site.)  It is not enough to install the
> >>> Rgraphviz package, you also need to install Graphviz.
> >>> 
> >>> Duncan Murdoch
> >>>> I think that it is the error in the package because it should 
> >>>> go to
> >>>> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.10.1/library/Rgraphviz/libs/Rgraphviz.dll' 
> >>>> instead
> >>>> of 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-210~1.1/library/Rgraphviz/libs/Rgraphviz.dll'
> >>>> 
> >>>> Could anyone help me to solve to problem?
> >>>> Thank you very much for the help. Howard
> >>>> 
> >>>> ______________________________________________
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> >>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> >>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> >>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible 
> >>>> code.
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -- HU,ZHENGJUN
> >> 
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> > 
> > 
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