On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 12:12 AM Abby Spurdle <spurdl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've just discovered that Rtools (on Windows) contains Python > interpreter(s).
A minimal build of python was included as a dependency of gdb in Rtools 3.3 and up. > I'm assuming that Python is required to build R packages, on all operating > systems. Please don't assume but read the documentation (preferably before posting). > Also, by my count, Rtools contains six Python interpreters. > I've miscounted, I hope... We have a dual toolchain so there is a 32 and a 64 bit build of python2.7.exe. The other names (python.exe and python2.exe) are symlinks that python automatically creates. These are not in any location that is ever on the path so nothing to worry about. ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
