[R] using Rmath in c-functions of R packages

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 21/04/2009 9:39 PM, Volodymyr Melnykov wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> We have created an R package and submitted it to C-RAN. The package
> includes several C functions that use Rmath library. The package cannot
> be installed on a computer where -lRmath is not found. We were
> suggested to do a configure test for this but I am not really sure how
> to do this and where to read about this. What is a usual way to
> deal with R packages with c-functions using Rmath?

I thought that the functions in libRmath are extracted from R, which 
packages normally link to without any special effort.  You only need 
Rmath if you are writing a standalone C program, not if you are writing 
an R package.

Duncan Murdoch