I’m attempting to run the simple example in the doSMP vignette, but get the following error. First, I’m not sure how there is an existing doSMP session since I executed the code below right after I restarted my machine. Also, there are repeated errors about the package doSMP not existing, but the library(doSMP) call works just fine. help!
> librayr(doSMP)
Error: could not find function "librayr"
> library(doSMP)
Loading required package: foreach
Loading required package: iterators
Loading required package: codetools
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Loading required package: revoIPC
Warning messages:
1: package 'doSMP' was built under R version 2.13.1
2: package 'foreach' was built under R version 2.13.1
3: package 'revoIPC' was built under R version 2.13.1
> w <- startWorkers(workerCount=4)
Warning messages:
1: In startWorkers(workerCount = 4) :
there is an existing doSMP session using doSMP1
2: In startWorkers(workerCount = 4) :
there is an existing doSMP session using doSMP2
> Error in library(doSMP) : there is no package called 'doSMP'
Calls: suppressMessages -> withCallingHandlers -> library
Execution halted
Error in library(doSMP) : there is no package called 'doSMP'
Calls: suppressMessages -> withCallingHandlers -> library
Execution halted
Error in library(doSMP) : there is no package called 'doSMP'
Calls: suppressMessages -> withCallingHandlers -> library
Execution halted
Error in library(doSMP) : there is no package called 'doSMP'
Calls: suppressMessages -> withCallingHandlers -> library
Execution halted
Closing out this question – the package is too buggy for use. If someone else has gotten this to work reliably, then please respond and I’ll un-mark this post as the answer.