On Jan 5, 2011, at 2:55 AM, thomas.car...@bnpparibas.com wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am running Linux, I have downloaded
> 
> instantclient-basiclite-linux32-11.2.0.2.0.zip
> instantclient-sqlplus-linux32-11.2.0.2.0.zip
> instantclient-sdk-linux32-11.2.0.2.0.zip
> instantclient-precomp-linux32-11.2.0.2.0.zip
> 
> All these tarballs are unzipped in /usr/local/lib/instantclient, I have 
> added this path in the library path of the host.
> 
> I can run sqlplus and proc, they do not complain about missing symbol.
> 
> Then I install ROracle : install.packages("ROracle")
> 
> Compilation step is OK
> But when the test step tries to load the ROracle.so library, it fails :
> 
> ** testing if installed package can be loaded    
> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :    
>  unable to load shared library 
> '/opt/R-2.11.1/lib/R/library/ROracle/libs/ROracle.so':   
>  /opt/R-2.11.1/lib/R/library/ROracle/libs/ROracle.so: undefined symbol: 
> sqlprc 
> 
> Here is my list of lib in instantclient directory : 
> $ find -name "*.*o" -o -name "*.a"
> ./libsqlplusic.so
> ./sdk/demo/procobdemo.pco
> ./cobsqlintf.o
> ./libociicus.so
> ./libnnz11.so
> ./libocijdbc11.so
> ./libsqlplus.so
> 
> Do I need so more lib ? From which Oracle tarball ?
> 
> Thanks for help


If you have not, read through the INSTALL file for the package:

  http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ROracle/INSTALL

Past postings with similar issues regarding the inability to load shared libs 
would suggest that compiling and installing the package outside of R from the 
CLI using 'R CMD INSTALL ...' rather than from within R using 
install.packages("ROracle"), may resolve the issue.  Also, be sure you are 
running all of this as root, since installation to default locations will 
require root privileges.

Two more things to consider:

1. R 2.12.1 is the current version of R. If you can, I would recommend updating 
from 2.11.1.

2. Be sure that you don't have a conflict between 32 and 64 bit versions of R 
and the Oracle tool chain. All components need to be one or the other. You seem 
to be using 32 bit versions of the Oracle components above. Check:

  .Machine$sizeof.pointer

in R to see if you are running 32 or 64 bit R. If the former, the above will 
return 4, if the latter, 8.


Another alternative would be to consider using Prof. Ripley's RODBC package and 
connecting to Oracle via ODBC.


If you need further assistance, I would suggest subscribing and posting to 
r-sig-db or contacting the package author directly. More info on the list is 
here:

  https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-db

HTH,

Marc Schwartz

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