Dear R developers, I am using R under Linux, but I would like to share an extension package with some Windows users. The package contains only data and .R scripts. There is no src directory.
So, I think I do not need a Windows machine with C compiler, "make", "sh" and "perl". If I am wrong, please tell me. I tried the following approaches (after verifying the package using R CMD check - 1 warning concerning the missing documentation for some of the R-functions.) 1. Installing the source package (with no C, C++ or F files) directly on Windows XP. Installation complains that "make" command is mising. OK, it is a source package. 2. Building binary package using R CMD build --binary --use-zip on Linux and try to install it under Windows XP. Installation complains that "make" command is missing. (Why, if it is a binary package?). 3. Build the package from source on Windows XP using R CMD build <package>. Installation complains that "sh" is missing. (Why is it looking for "sh", if it is a properly working R installation under Windows?) 4. Install the package under Linux and zip the directory library/<package> and unzip it in the library directory on Windows machine. This works. The package behaves correctly. However, I do not think that this is a suggested method. Could you help me? Thank you in advance. Petr Savicky. ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
