great big thanks! now everything works (or let's say i was able to install the Rserve lib). i had to rebuild my R (version 2.0) by ./configure --enable-R-shlib and then proceeding with the normal build. another question... how can i stop the Rserve daemon (R CMD Rserve stop does not work...) thanks, jo Quoting Steffen Durinck <sdurinck@ebi.ac.uk>: > To be able to use Rserve, you should install R as a shared library. > The Rserve webpage says: > > "Every connection has a separate workspace and working directory" > > So I guess you should be okay > > Cheers, > Steffen > > Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Rainer wrote: > >> yes, i will try that. i have it already downloaded, but have >> problems installing >> it. as i understand, the Rserve is some kind of "application server", that >> creates a new R instance when the Rconnection is called, and keeps that R >> workspace available as long as the connection is open, but what with >> more that >> one connection? i hope that the objects in the R workspace will not >> be shared >> across different connections. >> thanks for the help >> >> Quoting Steffen Durinck <sdurinck@ebi.ac.uk>: >> >>> Hi Johannes, >>> >>> you could try the Rserve package from: >>> >>> http://www.rosuda.org/Rserve/ >>> >>> best, >>> Steffen Durinck >>> >>> >>> Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Rainer wrote: >>> >>>> hello, >>>> i wanted to know if there are any possibilities to call R >>>> functions from a Java >>>> application, other than the omegahat SJava package (as i am not >>>> able to install >>>> this package). >>>> thanks in advance >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bioconductor mailing list >>>> Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > >