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Jordi van Gestel
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Last seen 9.6 years ago
Dear Mrs./Mr.,
I am Jordi, PhD student at the University of Groningen (the
Netherlands). I
am working on *Bacillus subtilis* at the Molecular Genetics lab, in
which
we study the expression of some genes by using fluorescent proteins.
To
analyze the pictures that are made during the experiments I was
advised to
use the EBImage package in R (I originally used MATLAB, but this was
rather
unstable).
After reading the manual I was really impressed by the possibilities
of the
EBImage package. However, unfortunately, I didn't manage to install
the
package (I am not really a computer specialist, so I had some
difficulties
with following the tutorials). I performed the following steps in
correspondence to the manuals that are published online:
1. First, I installed GTK+ from "http://gladewin32.sf.net" (since "
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtk+/2.16/gtk+-bundle_2.
16.0-20090317_win32.zip"
and "http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html" didn't function
properly).
In addition, I added to the "C:\GTK\bin" path to the system
environment
PATH variable.
2. Second, I installed ImageMagick from "
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows" and
placed
in the following folder "C:\ImageMagick". During the installation of
ImageMagick I checked the checkbox of 'Install development headers and
libraries' (the 'Update executable search path' was already checked).
3. Third, I downloaded the source zip-package from "
http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/EBImage.html"
(I
tried both 'EBImage_3.10.0.tar.gz' and 'EBImage_3.10.0.zip'). In RGui
I
subsequently used the botton 'Install package(s) from local zip
files...'
(Menu of Packages). Resulting in the following two lines in the
console:
> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
package 'EBImage' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
updating HTML package descriptions
After this the problems appeared: When trying to load the package
(library("EBImage")):
> library("EBImage")
Error in library.dynam(lib, package, package.lib) :
shared library 'EBImage' not found
In addition: Warning message:
package 'EBImage' was built under R version 2.14.0
Error: package/namespace load failed for 'EBImage'
Perhaps important to know I have Windows XP Professional on my laptop.
I
really hope that you know the solution to this problem. Sorry, for
this
inconvenience. Please, let me know if you require more information. In
advance, many thanks for your time. I am really appreciative for your
help!
Best regards,
Jordi
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