On 21/03/2018 8:27 AM, Holger Taschenberger wrote:
I can install and run R 3.4.4 on Windows XP (32bit). However, calling "Update
Packages..." or "Html help" from the RGui.exe main menu fails with a Windows
MessageBox saying:
"The procedure entry point IdnToAscii could not be located in the dynamic link
library KERNEL32.dll"
and the following text printed to the RGui console window:
"...
In addition: Warning message:
In download.file(url, destfile = f, quiet = TRUE) :
unable to load shared object 'C:/R/R-3.4.4/modules/i386/internet.dll':
LoadLibrary failure: The specified procedure could not be found."
"IdnToAscii" is exported from "C:\WINDOWS\system32\normaliz.dll" on Windows XP.
But apparently RGui cannot locate this procedure on Windows XP.
Any advice? (except for "switch to a more recent windows version")
The Windows FAQ 2.2 says, "Windows XP is no longer supported", so I
think you're out of luck. XP went past "end-of-life" in 2014.
Other than switching to a more recent Windows version, your choices are
switching to a completely different OS, or switching to an older version
of R.
Duncan Murdoch
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