RMySQL for R1.8.1 on Windows
Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
Where is the problem? It installs from the sources under Windows too, and even comes with notes for Windows. Please consult the rw-FAQ for how to install packages. We have provided binary builds in the past (and David James may still do so),
Let me add that http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.8/ReadMe tells us: "Although the packages RMySQL, ROracle, and snow pass make check, it seems to be dangerous to distribute them: I do not have the software available these packages depend on. RMySQL is available at http://stat.bell-labs.com/RS-DBI/download, provided by its maintainer, David A. James." Uwe Ligges > but discovered that there was little tolerance for version
mismatches, of both R and MySQL. So building from the sources is better, On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Hoeven, Maarten van der wrote:
I'm looking for a way to install the RMySQL-package into my Windows-version of R (1.8.1). I did successfully install this package into my Linux-version of R (RedHat9), but now I want to do this in my Windows-version too.