[R] Recompile a package

[Uwe Ligges]

1. Upgrade to a recent version of R.
2. download the whole source package and untar it
3. change the files
4. R CMD build it
5. R CMD INSTALL it

For more details see the manual R Installation and Administration as 
well as Writing R Extensions if the Fortran changes are not trivial or 
you need other details for applying changes.

Uwe Ligges


On 11.05.2011 10:53, Yuliya Matveyeva wrote:
> Hello, dear R community.
>   The thing is that I am not in the least a developer, neither do I want to
> create a package of my own.
> But recently I have found a package LogicForest, which is in the base
> written in Fortran I think. And well,
> in its manual it is written that there are several parameters there that had
> had to be "hard coded", but which
> in essence actually have no restrictions. So if one needs to change them, he
> sure can, only that he has to change
> a file with an .f or .ff extension (I believe that it stands for Fortran
> code, but I am not sure) and then recompile it.
>
> http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/library/LogicReg/html/logreg.html
>
> I have found several posts in the mailing-archive, but they seem to deal
> with Windows.
> And I have a Gentoo-based distro.
>
> I have also found a manual "Installation and Administration".
> But it all seems to be destined for developers... and usually talks about
> creating your own package,
> or about installing a package anew.
> What I need is just recompile a package, in which I have manually changed
> several files.
> I really am kinda silly in these kinds of things... So any hints and help
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I have tried R CMD COMPILE condlogic.ff
> But it tells me:
> ERROR: don't know how to compile 'condlogic.ff'
> I am probably not getting something...
>
> And there is no `src` subdirectory for this package, nor
> any .cpp files in the package directory either... Can somebody please
> explain to me on which kinds of files can I and should I use R CMD COMPILE ?
>
> /*The Fortran compiler is installed*/
> ----------------
>
> My sessionInfo() :
>
> R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14)
> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>
> locale:
> [1] C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> ----------------
>
> Thank you in advance.
> Yulia.
>
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