Dear all, I'm an absolute R-beginner and want to connect to my PostgreSQL DB (on my local Mac OSX 10.6).
1) I tried to install RPostgreSQL (Package Installer > CRAN (sources)) and get this log below. There seems to be an issue with libpq, bug I don't have any clue how to fix this. What can I do? 2) Once this issue is solved, should this code work? drv <- dbDriver("PostgreSQL") con <- dbConnect(drv,user="postgresql",password=password,dbname="DB") dbSendQuery(con,"create table testTab as select * from Tab") dbDisconnect(con) dbUnloadDriver(drv) Thanks, Tom trying URL 'http://cran.ch.r-project.org/src/contrib/RPostgreSQL_0.1-6.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 141399 bytes (138 Kb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 138 Kb * installing *source* package ‘RPostgreSQL’ ... checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for pg_config... no configure: checking for PostgreSQL header files checking for "/libpq-fe.h"... no configure: error: File libpq-fe.h not in ; installation may be broken. ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘RPostgreSQL’ * removing ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.10/Resources/library/RPostgreSQL’ The downloaded packages are in ‘/private/var/folders/sA/sArT9JYcG9qiUI-T+f3TZE+++TI/-Tmp-/RtmpEeMtM8/downloaded_packages’ -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Install-RPostgreSQL-%28Mac-OSX-10.6%29-tp26503444p26503444.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.