Dear Prof. Ripley, I will follow your suggestion and send a follow-up message later on.
Thanks, Sean On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need to manally configure this, *as it says*. > > In fact ROracle/inst/README.windows says > > For details on how to compile ROracle under windows see the file > src/Makefile.win -- it pretty much documents requirements, etc. > > To run the Windows binary packge ROracle_<version>.zip > you'll need the client software from Oracle. You must have the > $ORACLE_HOME/bin in your path in order for R to find the Oracle's > runtime libraries. > > The path you mention is one of the things ROracle/src/Makefile.win asked > you to define! > > cl is part of Visual C++ (or the Platform SDK). > > > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, rmail ye wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I tried to install ROracle package (Windows XP pro), got the following > > errors; > > > > *C:\Program Files\R\R-2.6.2\bin>rcmd install "c:\ROracle_0.5-9.tar.gz"* > > * > > installing to 'c:/PROGRA~1/R/R-26~1.2/library'* > > > > *---------- Making package roracle ------------* > > * ********************************************** > > WARNING: this package has a configure script > > It probably needs manual configuration > > *********************************************** > > * adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION > > running src/Makefile.win ... > > cl /Ic:\\PROGRA~1\\R\\R-2.2.1\\include /MT /Ox /D "MSVC" /D > "WIN32" > > /c > > RS-DBI.c > > cl: not found > > make[3]: *** [RS-DBI.obj] Error 127 > > make[2]: *** [srcDynlib] Error 2 > > make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 > > make: *** [pkg-roracle] Error 2 > > *** Installation of roracle failed **** > > *Removing 'c:/PROGRA~1/R/R-26~1.2/library/roracle' > > Restoring previous 'c:/PROGRA~1/R/R-26~1.2/library/roracle'* > > > > I tried "R CMD INSTALL DBI_0.2-4.tar.gz" and also failed. DBI had been > > installed by "install.packages("DBI")" and it was removed after the > mannul > > installation. > > > > I noticed that in the error, the path is R-2.2.1, which is different > > from the default path (R-2.6.2). > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Sean > > > > <r-help@r-project.org> > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.