Using MySQL in R for Windows

How to use MySQL in R (statistic language) for Windows (7)?

There is no开发者_Python百科 problems then using linux:

install.packages('RMySQL')
library(RMySQL)
...

But I found no such package for Windows on CRAN. There is only note about this fact. I found package for version 2.10, but it is not usable in 2.12.1.

Also tried

install.packages("RMySQL", type="source")

but got an error :

* installing *source* package 'RMySQL' ... 
ERROR: configuration failed for package 'RMySQL'
* removing 'C:/.../R/win-library/2.12/RMySQL'

Is there any way to connect to MySQL database from R in windows?

Found solution with help of ran2, who gave me link to common question. The basic process is described here, but there are several hints, So I will describe the whole solution (please change the R version and paths if needed):

1. Install latest RTools from here
2. install MySQL or header and library files of mysql
3. create or edit file C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.1\etc\Renviron.site and add line like MYSQL_HOME=C:/mysql (path to your mysql files)
4. copy libmysql.lib from mysql/lib to mysql/lib/opt to meet dependencies.
5. copy libmysql.dll to C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.1\bin or to windows/system32 directory.
6. run install.packages('RMySQL',type='source') and wait while compilation will end.

Thanks to all who tried to answer.

possible duplicate. However, my suggestions is to try WAMP which comes as a one click install. Admittedly you get more than you need (webserver) but the MySQL installation runs pretty well.

You need to install the MySQL headers and libraries, as explained in the installation instructions. Please do read the documentation before turning to SO.