Message-ID: <OFC835D343.ABCC8D7C-ON852575AD.0066F7E4-052575AD.0067BBFC@hc-sc.gc.ca>
Date: 2009-05-05T18:53:07Z
From: Ian Kennedy
Subject: R 2.9 and XML
> After I installed R 2.9.0 my XML package cannot load; I get an error
"This
> application has failed to start because iconv.dll was not found.
> Re-installing the application may fix this problem". I already
re-installed
> both but the problem persists. Does anyone know what is going on? I would
> appreciate any help. Thanks a lot
I had this problem (after installing XML through install.packages() ) and
worked around it by making a copy of Riconv.dll (in the R-2.9.0/biin
directory) and naming it iconv.dll. The XML package seems to be working
now, but I'd like to know if there's a better way.
Ian Kennedy