[ARROW-7807] [R] Installation on RHEL 7 Cannot call io___MemoryMappedFile__Open()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.16.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.17.0
• Component/s: R
• Environment: RHEL 7.6 ; Custom R build in a non-default location
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/24039
• Assignee: Neal Richardson
• Reporter: Omar Yassin
• Created: 09/Feb/20 23:24
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:56
• Resolved: 16/Mar/20 20:17

Description

Hey Team,

I've been using Arrow successfully in python through conda and have been able to write and read parquet files successfully. Now I'm trying to have R users consume some of the parquet files I've produced. They run a shared R build in a custom location, so can't use conda with their setup. We tried installing the C++ libraries system-wide and then the R library in a user's directory, but kept getting Cannot call io_MemoryMappedFileOpen() errors on read_parquet(). I'm not sure if we've missed a step, or where to continue debugging. Does the R package have any known issues on RHEL 7? Below are some details:

 

Environment:

• RHEL 7.6
• Custom local R environment in a non-default location

Steps taken:

1. Installed the C++ libraries first (now live in /usr/lib64) as described (v.0.16.0) in https://arrow.apache.org/install/
2. Ran install.packages('arrow') in an interactive R session
3. It couldn't find the C++ libraries and said No C++ binaries found for rhel-7
4. Couldn't find https://dl.bintray.com/ursalabs/arrow-r/libarrow/bin/rhel-7/arrow-0.16.0.zip when it tried to pull the binaries
5. Source download didn't work due to internal github firewall rules
6. Installed without errors, but threw Cannot call io_MemoryMappedFileOpen() error on read_parquet()
7. Removed the rlib/arrow directory and tried a different route
8. Set LIBARROW_BINARY_DISTRO='centos-7'
9. Set PKG_CONFIG=/usr/lib64
10. Ran install.packages('arrow') in an interactive R session
11. Binaries and package seemed to install correctly without complaints
12. Still threw Cannot call {{io__MemoryMappedFile_Open{{() on read_parquet}}}}