[R] Matrix package will not loead

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 13/11/2012 8:28 AM, Uzuner, Tolga I wrote:
> Many thanks for your advice and assistance.
>
> Sadly, I am unable to install "from source" as my operating environment does not have Rtools or a compiler.
>
> Is there an old version compiled somewhere I can use ?

You might be able to find one on a mirror that isn't up to date, but it 
would be a much better idea to update your R to the latest release.

Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>
> > install.packages("H:\\Downloads\\Matrix_1.0-10.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type="source")
> Installing package(s) into 'H:/R/win-library/2.15'
> (as 'lib' is unspecified)
> * installing *source* package 'Matrix' ...
> ** package 'Matrix' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> ** libs
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Matrix'
> * removing 'H:/R/win-library/2.15/Matrix'
> Warning messages:
> 1: running command 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-215~1.1/bin/i386/R CMD INSTALL -l "H:/R/win-library/2.15"   "H:/Downloads/Matrix_1.0-10.tar.gz"' had status 1
> 2: In install.packages("H:\\Downloads\\Matrix_1.0-10.tar.gz", repos = NULL,  :
>    installation of package 'H:/Downloads/Matrix_1.0-10.tar.gz' had non-zero exit status
> > install.packages("Matrix", type="source")
> Installing package(s) into 'H:/R/win-library/2.15'
> (as 'lib' is unspecified)
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> trying URL 'http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/src/contrib/Matrix_1.0-9.tar.gz'
> Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>    cannot open URL 'http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/src/contrib/Matrix_1.0-9.tar.gz'
> In addition: Warning message:
> In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>    cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
> Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
>    
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
> Sent: 13 November 2012 13:03
> To: Duncan Murdoch
> Cc: Uzuner, Tolga I; r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Matrix package will not loead
>
> You will find the problem and solution in the list archives.
>
> The current version of Matrix can be installed *from source* on R (>=
> 2.15.0), as it claims.  But if you install it on R >= 2.15.2 then it
> uses features of 2.15.2 and hence can only be run on R >= 2.15.2. And
> there was a warning about this ....
>
> On 13/11/2012 12:38, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> > On 12-11-13 7:06 AM, Uzuner, Tolga I wrote:
> >> Dear Fellow R Users,
> >>
> >> I am having a problem with the Matrix package, in Windows XP on  R
> >> 2.15.1 .
> >>
> >> This is the only package where I experience this. I remove the package
> >> first, re install, and then when trying to load, get a LoadLibrary
> >> failure as below.
> >
> > I've just installed a binary copy of Matrix 1.0-10 in R 2.15.2 patched,
> > and I get an error too on attaching it:  "The procedure entry point
> > Rf_copyListMatrix could not be located in the dynamic link library
> > R.dll."  I'm pretty sure that procedure is available in R.dll currently,
> > so I don't know what the real problem is.
>
> The issue is if it is exported from R.dll, which only happened just
> before 2.15.2.  Works for me with the Matrix binary package on the CRAN
> master and both 2.15.2 and the current R-patched (which in any case
> contains that version).
>
> >
> > I have just rebuilt R, and the same package works fine.  So I'd suggest
> > that you download the latest R-patched from CRAN, and hopefully things
> > will be fine.
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Tolga
> >>
> >>
> >>> remove.packages("Matrix")
> >> Removing package(s) from 'H:/R/win-library/2.15'
> >> (as 'lib' is unspecified)
> >>> install.packages("Matrix")
> >> Installing package(s) into 'H:/R/win-library/2.15'
> >> (as 'lib' is unspecified)
> >> trying URL
> >> 'http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/bin/windows/contrib/2.15/Matrix_1.0-10.zip'
> >>
> >> Content type 'application/zip' length 3289545 bytes (3.1 Mb)
> >> opened URL
> >> downloaded 3.1 Mb
> >>
> >> package 'Matrix' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> >>
> >> The downloaded binary packages are in
> >>          C:\Data\N048564\temp\RtmpoDC7HF\downloaded_packages
> >>> library("Matrix")
> >> Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) :
> >>    unable to load shared object
> >> 'H:/R/win-library/2.15/Matrix/libs/i386/Matrix.dll':
> >>    LoadLibrary failure:  The specified procedure could not be found.
> >>
> >> In addition: Warning message:
> >> package 'Matrix' was built under R version 2.15.2
> >> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'Matrix'
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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