I am working on a package which provides an interface to the libsbml C++ library (http://sbml.org/Software/libSBML) in R. The source code of this package (r2sbml) can be found at the following link
https://github.com/sn248/r2sbml The package passes CRAN checks with `R CMD check` on my machine, but I do have dependency (libsbml library) installed on my machine (OSX) with headers and static libs at the usual locations, i.e., /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib. The package also passes CRAN check on a Windows machine with libsbml installed using Rtools40 and msys2. The DESCRIPTION file lists libsbml in SystemRequirements but `R CMD check` obviously fails on rhub machines because there are no instructions to install libsbml first. As I understand, I have the following options to pass checks on CRAN 1. Bundle the source code of libsbml into the package and make the static libs on the fly. I don't really want to try this approach even though I have used this approach before in another package as I think creating the static lib is not as straightforward for this library because of the large number of files and complex dependency chart. 2. Include header files in the `inst` folder and pull the static libs from rwinlib github (assuming the libs can be posted there). I am not sure if this approach will work on all platforms on which CRAN checks take place. 3. Somehow include instructions to install libsbml on CRAN machines (I have no idea how to do this), or request CRAN maintainers to install libsbml with header files and libs at usual locations (i.e., /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib). I am sure some version of this question has been asked before as there are many packages which interface with C/C++ libraries listed as SystemRequirements, but I could not find a clear answer to this aspect, i.e., passing checks on CRAN machines. Any guidance here and pros/cons of the above mentioned approaches will be very helpful. Thanks Satya [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
