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So I am trying to load a package downloaded from GitHub and can't get some of the dependencies to work. When trying to load the package I get this error message:

Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) : 
unable to load shared object '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library/smwrStats/l   ibs/smwrStats.so':
dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library/smwrStats/libs/smwrStats.so, 6): Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libgfortran.3.dylib
Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library/smwrStats/libs/smwrStats.so
Reason: image not found
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘load flex’

It seems like it's having some troubles loading some dependencies, namely a package called smwrStats which was downloaded along with the loadflex package. When I try and load the smwrStats package, I get the same error output:

Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) : 
unable to load shared object '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library/smwrStats/libs/smwrStats.so':
dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library/smwrStats/libs/smwrStats.so, 6): Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libgfortran.3.dylib
Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library/smwrStats/libs/smwrStats.so
Reason: image not found
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘smwrStats’

It seems like R is not finding a path to fortran.3.dylib to successfully load the package? If that's the case, can someone tell me how to specify that path? If that's not the case can you tell me what in the world is wrong?

I am running Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 and R version 3.2.3. I searched around and tried to reinstall gcc with home-brew and reinstall quartz and R with home-brew, but that didn't seem to help me out at all.

Vladimir F Героям слава
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  • The fact that you downloaded the package on Github is irrelevant. – Vladimir F Героям слава Jan 15 '16 at 19:50
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    @VladimirF actually it is relevant – rawr Jan 15 '16 at 19:56
  • Enough for tagging and mentioning in the title? How differently behave packages from Github to packages from Bitbucket? ("I am a bit of a newbie to third party packages coming from GitHub, but it seems like R...") – Vladimir F Героям слава Jan 15 '16 at 19:58
  • I appreciate the jab...not super helpful though – user5796341 Jan 15 '16 at 20:03
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    Found a fix here on a different thread: [Answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23916219/os-x-package-installation-depends-on-gfortran-4-8) – user5796341 Jan 15 '16 at 22:05
  • It's not clear what code was used or what setup was in place, but it seems likely that user5796341 doesn't understand or have the full requirements for building from source. I was going to refer him to http://r.research.att.com/libs/ but I have not been able to get a response from that site for several weeks. – IRTFM Jan 15 '16 at 22:24

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