[R] install or uncompress package build in one platform in another platform

[Uwe Ligges]

On 22.04.2010 15:34, David Winsemius wrote:
>
> On Apr 22, 2010, at 8:09 AM, carol white wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Is an R package built under Unix (package.tar.gz) could be installed
>> on other platforms like windows or Mac? The compressed tar file
>> (.tar.gz) built under Unix doesn't seem to be uncompressed under
>> windows (unzip under windows instead of gunzip). How to proceed?
>>
>
> If it has only R code then on a Mac the Archive Utility.app would
> decompress a tar.gz file and give you a package folder that you could
> put into the appropriate location in your Library. If it has compiled
> code then no, forget it. There must be ways to ungzip and untar files in
> Windows.
>

For more details see the R Installation and Administration manual that 
tells you how to install source packages under Mac aas well as under 
Windows.

Uwe Ligges