anaconda R - Rcpp error - rcpp

Question

Setup (I'm using the anaconda distributed R):
g++ (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) 5.4.0 20160609
R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21) -- "Bug in Your Hair"
Rcpp -- 0.12.5
Minimal example:
library(Rcpp)
evalCpp("1+1")
Error:
Error in dyn.load("/tmp/RtmpGI3wKi/sourcecpp_6c2722bad7ef/sourceCpp_1.so") :
unable to load shared object '/tmp/RtmpGI3wKi/sourcecpp_6c2722bad7ef/sourceCpp_1.so':
/tmp/RtmpGI3wKi/sourcecpp_6c2722bad7ef/sourceCpp_1.so: undefined symbol: _ZNKSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEE5c_strEv
I've seen a very similar error on the anaconda google groups and also here on stackoverflow, but no hints for remedial.

Answer 1

You will have to talk to the good people that gave you Anaconda. On Debian and Ubuntu, everything "just works" as it should -- and can be expected given that a portion of the developers uses that platform:
On (one of) my workstation(s) running Ubuntu 16.04:
R> library(Rcpp)
R> evalCpp("1+2")
[1] 3
R>
Ditto in a freshly launched Rocker r-base container (running Debian testing and pulling in Rcpp via apt-get):
$ docker run --rm -ti r-base /bin/bash
root#fb2451f888cb:/# apt-get update
Get:2 http://security.debian.org testing/updates InRelease [68.2 kB]
Get:1 http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian sid InRelease [209 kB]
Get:3 http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian testing InRelease [251 kB]
Get:4 http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian testing-updates InRelease [124 kB]
Get:5 http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian sid/main amd64 Packages [9,671 kB]
Get:6 http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian testing/main amd64 Packages [10.4 MB]
Fetched 20.7 MB in 4s (4,476 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root#fb2451f888cb:/# apt-get install r-cran-rcpp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
r-cran-pkgkitten
Suggested packages:
r-cran-inline
The following NEW packages will be installed:
r-cran-pkgkitten r-cran-rcpp
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 102 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,187 kB of archives.
After this operation, 9,187 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian testing/main amd64 r-cran-pkgkitten all 0.1.3-1 [18.3 kB]
Get:2 http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian testing/main amd64 r-cran-rcpp amd64 0.12.7-1 [2,169 kB]
Fetched 2,187 kB in 0s (2,324 kB/s)
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
Selecting previously unselected package r-cran-pkgkitten.
(Reading database ... 16975 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../r-cran-pkgkitten_0.1.3-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking r-cran-pkgkitten (0.1.3-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package r-cran-rcpp.
Preparing to unpack .../r-cran-rcpp_0.12.7-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking r-cran-rcpp (0.12.7-1) ...
Setting up r-cran-pkgkitten (0.1.3-1) ...
Setting up r-cran-rcpp (0.12.7-1) ...
root#fb2451f888cb:/# R
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> library(Rcpp)
> evalCpp("1+2")
[1] 3
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