You guys are awesome, thanks! On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 20:40 -0500, Marc Schwartz wrote: > On Oct 27, 2009, at 8:32 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > > > Marc Schwartz wrote: > >> On Oct 27, 2009, at 6:20 PM, David Lubbers wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On my linux workstation I have a nice, very little project in a > >>> directory called "mystuff" > >>> > >>> I installed "mystuff" into site-library with R CMD build, R CMD > >>> check > >>> and R CMD install. This was all with the file mystuff.tar.gz. > >>> > >>> Now I want to install "mystuff" on my windows workstation. Can I > >>> use > >>> the same file mystuff.tar.gz. Do I need to do something > >>> different with > >>> R CMD build? > >>> > >>> Ideally somebody has a tutorial for porting from linux to windows > >>> this > >>> way. > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks for your time. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> The package source tar file is not directly installable on Windows. > > > > That's not true. You just need to install the tools, and then it's > > similar to Linux. The tools are available from > > http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools > > . > > > > Duncan Murdoch > > > Right, which I point to below Duncan. I was referring to a typical R > install on Windows, where your tools would not normally be available. > > :-) > > Regards, > > Marc > > > >> You need to create a .zip 'binary' package file. > >> > >> There is a cross-building document here by Rossini and Yan: > >> > >> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/cross-build.pdf > >> > >> and the associated makefile here: > >> > >> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Makefile-rcb > >> > >> > >> I have not looked at them in detail relative to their applicability > >> to current versions of R, as they are a rather dated (circa 2003). > >> So caveat emptor. > >> > >> If you might consider just directly building the packages on your > >> Windows system, Duncan provides an easy Windows installation that > >> contains the requisite tools (C and FORTRAN compilers, vanilla > >> Perl, etc.) here: > >> > >> http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/ > >> > >> along with others that are referenced in the R-Admin Manual > >> Windows Toolset Appendix: > >> > >> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows- > >> toolset > >> > >> would enable you to build your package on Windows, including any C > >> or FORTRAN code that you might have in the package. > >> > >> HTH, > >> > >> Marc Schwartz > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> [email protected] mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> > > >
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