installing RMySQL gives error RS-MySQL.h:32:19: fatal error: mysql.h: No such file

Question

I tried to install the RMySQL-library (R version 2.14.2, WinXP on 32bit) but got the following error message:

install.packages(\"D:/R/library/RMySQL_0.9-3.ta         


        

Answer 1

R cannot find the MySQL header files that it needs to build the package. As the documentation states:

You need to have installed 'C Include Files / Lib Files' as part of your MySQL installation when installing the MySQL binary distribution.

The fix is to install the MySQL header files.