[Bioc-devel] Compiling a cpp source code while installing package

[Alexandru Voda]

Thanks for the reply, Martin!

Unfortunately, the C++ software is large (https://ctg.cncr.nl/software/magma), not just some feature that can be used from R base, CRAN or Bioconductor.

Also, I wouldn't make a separate library for the C++ software because the *main* purpose of my package is to wrap them up for R. Other functions are just a secondary aim of the package.

Thank you for the recommended packages! I was wondering if there's any standard guidance/vignette for how Rhtslib & Rhdf5lib approached this? There are numerous Rcpp vignettes that I could find, but couldn't find for pure C compiled by R?
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From: Martin Morgan <mtmorgan.bioc using gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2020 3:30 PM
To: Alexandru Voda <alexandru.voda using seh.ox.ac.uk>; bioc-devel using r-project.org <bioc-devel using r-project.org>
Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] Compiling a cpp source code while installing package

It would probably help to provide additional detail here; there are several examples of packages that build C / C++ libraries from source, a common pattern is to have a package dedicated to providing the library, e.g., Rhtslib or Rhdf5lib, or of building the library as part of the software package itself.

It's worth assessing whether the functionality is worth it (e.g., why use a random number generator from another package, when one can use the R random number generator) or already implemented (e.g., linear algebra in RcppArmadillo).

Martin

On 11/7/20, 10:25 AM, "Bioc-devel on behalf of Alexandru Voda" <bioc-devel-bounces using r-project.org on behalf of alexandru.voda using seh.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

    Hi! I tried to look this up in the FAQ & best practices but couldn't find it.

    My in-the-works package needs to call a legacy C++ software from time to time.

    Since that C++ software is open-source, is there a way to make my package compile the source (during R package installation) I'm going to include? That'd make my package's dependency localized and well-controlled, but any other alternative is welcome (except Rcpp, which would take too many months to rewrite into the legacy C++ software).

    Best wishes,
    Alexandru

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