How to install ROracle package?

Question

I am trying to install ROracle package using install.packages("ROracle") but every time i am getting this message "Package which is only available in source form, and may need compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ‘ROracle’"

These will not be installed

I am not able to find the solution for this, How can i resolve this issue?

Answer 1

from a past post. How to install ROracle package on Windows 7?

Download binary from oracle: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/r/roracle/downloads/index.html

The run the following command in r, substituting the file path:

setwd('xxxxx')   # set to path of download
install.packages('ROracle_1.2-1.zip', repos = NULL)
Then load the library and use the package - you may have to change XXXX to whatever is in your TNS Names:

library('ROracle')
drv <- dbDriver("Oracle")
con <- dbConnect(drv, "USER GOES HERE", "PASSWORD GOES HERE", dbname='XXX')
test connection:

dbReadTable(con, 'DUAL')

was able to install from source and download the pre compiled addin directly from oracle