It might not be an answer to your exact problem, but it appears to work with rpy2 (packaged for opensuse).
>>> from ryp2.robjects import r >>> r.library("affy") rpy2-2.1.x-dev is introducing a Python package-like approach: >>> from rpy2.robjects.packages import importr >>> affy = importr("affy") # import the affy package >>> tuple(affy.bgcorrect_methods()) ('mas', 'none', 'rma') L. Paul Geeleher wrote: > Hi guys, I'm getting this error below when I try to load the > bioconductor affy library through rpy. It loads find in R though. Its a > 64 bit opensuse system. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Paul. > > >>> from rpy import r > >>> r('library("affy")') > Loading required package: Biobase > > Welcome to Bioconductor > > Vignettes contain introductory material. To view, type > 'openVignette()'. To cite Bioconductor, see > 'citation("Biobase")' and for packages 'citation(pkgname)'. > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpy.py", line 322, in > __call__ > return self.eval(self.parse(text=s)) > rpy.RPy_RException: Error: package/namespace load failed for 'affy' > > > -------------------------------------------- > sessionInfo() > R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17) > x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > > locale: > LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > -------------------------------------------- > > -- > Paul Geeleher > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics > National University of Ireland > Galway > Ireland > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > rpy-list mailing list > rpy-list@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rpy-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ rpy-list mailing list rpy-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rpy-list