I use these steps to solve problems when installing R packages. Usually, R packages depend on a lot of newer libraries and the system (Linux) has only old libraries. We can copy a newer library from a conda envs, and add it to link library. This way we can use ner library and without root account.
1. find the probelm, such as:
>>> /usr/lib64/libz.so.1: version \\\`ZLIB_1.2.9\\\' not found (required by /public/lib/libpng16.so.16)
2. check the problem,
>>> strings /usr/lib64/libz.so.1 | grep 'ZLIB_'
3. we find ZLIB_1.2.9 is lost in /usr/lib64/libz.so.1
4. find /home/software/miniconda3/envs/R/ -name 'libz.so.1' // locate a newer library
5. check whether the new library has "ZLIB_1.2.9"
>>> strings /home/software/miniconda3/envs/R/lib/libz.so.1 | grep 'ZLIB_'
6. create a directory to contain the new library
>>> mkdir my_libs
>>> cp /home/software/miniconda3/envs/R/lib/libz.so.1 .
7. add the directory to your link path
>>> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/my_libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
8. reinstall the R package you need
Enjoy, hope it will be usefull.
