[ARROW-6182] [R] Add note to README about r-arrow conda installation

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.14.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.15.0
• Component/s: R
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Environment: Ubuntu 16.04.6
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/22575
• Assignee: Neal Richardson
• Reporter: Ian Cook
• Created: 08/Aug/19 22:21
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:45
• Resolved: 21/Aug/19 02:37

Description

I'm able to successfully install the C++ and Python libraries from conda-forge, then successfully install the R package from CRAN if I use --no-test-load. But after installation, the R package fails to load because dyn.load("arrow.so") fails. It throws this error when loading:

unable to load shared object '~/R/arrow/libs/arrow.so':
 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.11' not found (required by ~/.conda/envs/python3.6/lib/libarrow.so.14)

Do the Arrow C++ libraries actually require GCC 7.1.0 / CXXABI_1.3.11? If not, what might explain this error message? Thanks.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5142