Question

Trying to install RMySQL on 64-bit Windows 7.

Using R-2.14.2 with Rtools214 and MySQL Server 5.5.

Read through several step-by-steps of RMySQL source installation.

Troubleshooting:
– Copied libmysql.dll to R-2.14.2/bin AND R-2.14.2/bin/i386.
– Copied libmysql.dll and libmysql.lib to MySQL Server 5.5\lib\opt.
– Entered MYSQL_HOME=C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5 into Renviron.site, saved to R\R-2.14.2\etc.

My instances of common problems:

Sys.getenv(‘MySQL_HOME’)
[1] “C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\”

install.packages(‘RMySQL’, type = ‘source’)
Installing package(s) …
…
RS-DBI.c:1:0: sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in
make: [RS-DBI.o] Error 1*
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘RMySQL’
…

I’m guessing my problem lies in the ’64-bit mode…’ message, but I’m not sure.

Thoughts?

Answer 1

I had problems installing RMySQl
so I installed the package RODBC which works fine.
(make sure the MySQL driver is installed).

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/