[R] Compilation of R (linux) package on windows

[Depire Alexandre]

On windows, I install the last version of MinGW, I change path environment 
variable,
but when on command windows, I try to compute "R CMD SHLIB inv.c" I have the 
following error:
'make' is unknown.

I have "mingw32-make.exe", but R don't use it, ?? I think it is'nt normal, but 
I don't know how change the name of it in R.



Le vendredi 4 Février 2005 18:37, Prof Brian Ripley a écrit :
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Uwe Ligges wrote:
> > Depire Alexandre wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> I develop some R package on Linux machine with C subroutines.
> >> The programs in C are well compiled on Linux machine and so I have some
> >> ".so" files.
> >>
> >> Now, I want to do the same work on windows, so I install R (the last
> >> version) on windows, with Active Perl and djgpp, which is, as I know,
> >> the gcc version for windows (to compile C program), but unfortunately
> >> when I run "R CMD SHLIB inv.c, ", I have an error.
> >> I think it's a problem with my choice of compiler C, could somebody give
> >> to me the name of good compiler to do that ?
> >
> > Please read the R for Windows FAQ 3.1 "Can I install packages into
> > libraries in this version?".
> > It points you to README.packages,
> > http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/ , and tells you "Note that this
> > is rather tricky; please do ensure that you have followed the
> > instructions exactly."
>
> To reinforce that, djgpp is a DOS (extender) and not a Windows compiler.
> You need a native Windows compiler, from www.mingw.org, and currently we
> suggest the release candidate of MinGW-3.2.0 (which postdates the details
> in the last release of R, 2.0.1).

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