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Asked: 2026-05-20T12:58:42+00:00

How to use MySQL in R (statistic language) for Windows (7)? There is no

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How to use MySQL in R (statistic language) for Windows (7)?

There is no problems then using linux:

install.packages('RMySQL')
library(RMySQL)
...

But I found no such package for Windows on CRAN. There is only note about this fact.
I found package for version 2.10, but it is not usable in 2.12.1.

Also tried 

install.packages("RMySQL", type="source")

but got an error :

* installing *source* package 'RMySQL' ... 
ERROR: configuration failed for package 'RMySQL'
* removing 'C:/.../R/win-library/2.12/RMySQL'

Is there any way to connect to MySQL database from R in windows?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Found solution with help of ran2, who gave me link to common question. The basic process is described here, but there are several hints, So I will describe the whole solution (please change the R version and paths if needed):

    1. Install latest RTools from here
    2. install MySQL or header and library files of mysql
    3. create or edit file C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.1\etc\Renviron.site and add line like MYSQL_HOME=C:/mysql (path to your mysql files)
    4. copy libmysql.lib from mysql/lib to mysql/lib/opt to meet dependencies.
    5. copy libmysql.dll to C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.1\bin or to windows/system32 directory.
    6. run install.packages('RMySQL',type='source') and wait while compilation will end.

    Thanks to all who tried to answer.

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