[R] Porting Custom Packages from Linux to Windows

[Marc Schwartz]

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
>>
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