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Thursday 26 April 2012

How to install RMySQL package on R for Windows 7


1. DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE FROM THE FOLLOWING LINKS:
              a. R2.13.2:  Download R from http://cran.stat.sfu.ca/index.html

  b. RTools 214:  Download RTools from http://cran.cict.fr

  c. RMySQL 0.8-0.tar.gz: Download RMySQL from

              d. MySQL Server 5.0: download it from http://dev.mysql.com
               
              e. RSTUDIO (optional): download it from http://rstudio.org


2. SET THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

            a. MYSQL_HOME : <drive>/path to MySQL installation folder
                                                  e.g. MYSQL_HOME= C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\         

b. R_HOME: <drive>/path to R installation
                                e.g. R_HOME=C:\Program Files\R\R-2.13.2\

c. PATH: Modify path to accommodate the above variables. Be sure that the following paths are
included in your Windows PATH variable:
<DRIVE>\Rtools\2.14\bin
<DRIVE>\Rtools\2.14\MinGW\bin
<DRIVE>\Rtools\2.14\MinGW64\bin


3.  CREATE FOLDER AND COPY FILES

a. OPT: Create a folder OPT under C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\lib and copy  
libmysql.lib  the above path. Also copy libmysql.dll to <drive>\<path>\R\R-2.14.0\bin\ (64 bit) Or <Drive>\<path>\R\R-2.14.0\bin\i386\ (32 bit) and to C:\Windows\System32.

b. Renviron.site: create or edit a file <DRIVE>\<path>\R\R-2.14.0\etc\Renviron.site and add a
line: MYSQL_HOME =”C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.5/”
NB: USE FORWARD SLASH AND DOUBLE QUOTES HERE

c. libMySQL.dll: Copy this file to C:\Program Files\R\R-2.13.2\bin\i386 as well as C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.13.2\bin


4. RUN COMMANDS

                a. Install.Packages: Run R GUI by clicking on the R icon on desktop or from Start menu. Type
INSTALL.PACKAGES(“RMySQL”,type=”Sources”). This will download the required software from repositories.


b. Command Prompt: Copy the downloaded zip file (in step 4.a.) and paste it under R
installation folder. Go to start menu and open Command Prompt. Go to the R installation folder and type R CMD INSTALL RMySQL_0.8-0.tar.gz

COMMANDS:
>library(RMySQL)
>drv = dbDriver("MySQL")
 >con = dbConnect(drv,host="localhost",dbname="test",user="root",pass="password")
>album = dbGetQuery(con,statement="select * from t_master")
>album
 Have Fun

5 comments:

Aditya Chandra said...

It's really helpful..thanks man

Unknown said...

Excellent and uptodate information. Everything said in this page worked great on my windows XP

UD said...

Folled everything....still getting error "installation of package ‘RMySQL’ had non-zero exit status"

I do not have the RTools/minGW/bin folder RTools

UD said...

Folled everything....still getting error "installation of package ‘RMySQL’ had non-zero exit status"

I do not have the RTools/minGW/bin folder under RTools

UD said...

Followed everything....still getting error "installation of package ‘RMySQL’ had non-zero exit status"

I do not have the RTools/minGW/bin folder under RTools...

Any help would be appreciated