[R] Build a package on one Mac but unable to load this on another Mac

[Amos B. Elberg]

You could include just that library in your distribution, and change the dynamic link path using install_name_tool. I assume how to do so in detail is beyond the intended scope of this mailing list.


> On Oct 18, 2014, at 11:42 AM, althu07 <althu07 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, I build a package on one Mac. I can install the package on another Mac
> but it cannot be loaded. The following is the error message.
> 
> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
> unable to load shared object
> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/mypkgfe/libs/mypkgfe.so':
> dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/mypkgfe/libs/mypkgfe.so,
> 6): Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libgfortran.3.dylib
> Referenced from:
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/mypkgfe/libs/mypkgfe.so
> Reason: image not found
> Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘mypkgfe’
> 
> If I install the gfortran on the user's Mac, the package can be installed
> and loaded successfully. But I don't think this is a good option to solve
> this problem as it requires too much on the user's end. Is there anyway to
> build the package so that it can be successfully loaded even the Mac
> doesn't have gfortran preinstalled?
> 
> It seems the Mavericks OS X can load the package but not the Snow Leopard
> OS X. I am wondering if this has anything to do with the fact that R for
> Snow Leopard doesn't include GNU Fortran.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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