Error loading packages that use shared .so files

tarensanders commented 1 year ago

Setup

I'm running radian on Ubuntu (via WSL from Windows). I'm setting up a new install, and it has been working fine until now. I'm using R version 4.2.2, and my radian --version looks like:

radian version: 0.6.4
r executable: /usr/lib/R/bin/R
r version: 4.2.2
python executable: /home/taren/miniconda3/bin/python
python version: 3.9.15

Problem

When I try to load {vroom}, I get the following error:

Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘vroom’ in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...):
 unable to load shared object '/home/taren/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/4.2/vroom/libs/vroom.so':
  /home/taren/miniconda3/bin/../lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.30' not found (required by /home/taren/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/4.2/vroom/libs/vroom.so)

I assume this would be a similar problem for any package that uses a shared .so file.

If I use a regular R terminal, I don't have this issue.

Troubleshooting

I've tried:

A clean reinstall of miniconda, and downgrading from Python 3.10 to 3.9.
Checking that "GLIBCXX_3.4.30" exists.
- I've tried reinstalling (sudo apt-get install libstdc++6)
- I've checked that it's on the system (strings /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 | grep GLIBCXX)
A total uninstall and reinstall of R

Any suggestions? I've not tried install R from conda (because I would really like to avoid that).

randy3k commented 1 year ago

Sorry for the late reply. Generally, it is recommanded to use R and python from the same ecosysytem. If you are using conda, it is better for you to install R from conda, it ensures that they have the same C runtime.

tarensanders commented 1 year ago

Thanks, Randy. Can confirm that reinstalling radian using the version of python that comes with Ubuntu solves this problem.

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