[Rd] about integration of a library into package creation

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

> On 6/12/2006 11:02 AM, Nicolas Turenne wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> i try to create a package , and i call a library in the namespace file
>> such as :  useDynLib(quadprog)
>>
>> after checking my directory with the command "rcmd check" (i am on
>> WindowsXP)
>> i get an error: package / namespace load failed
>> the path of the library is:     D:\R\library\quadprog
>> the path of the  building files is:   D:\RBuild\svcR
>> and the comand i use to compile is:  rcmd check D://RBuild//svcR
>>
>> i dont understand, it is a path problem about the dll related to the
>> library ?
>
> You didn't show the results of installing your package.  Did that work?
>
> Generally we advise to do a successful install before you try to run checks.

And also to load  the package, maybe with

rterm R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES=NULL
> library(svcR)

as these messages often indicate missing package dependencies.

>> * checking package subdirectories ... WARNING
>> Subdirectory 'src' contains no source files.
>> * checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
>> * checking R files for library.dynam ... OK
>> * checking S3 generic/method consistency ... WARNING
>> Erreur : le chargement du package / espace de noms a echoue' pour 'svcR'
>> Sequence d'appel :
>> 2: stop(gettextf("package/namespace load failed for '%s'",
>> libraryPkgName(packag
>> e)),
>>        call. = FALSE, domain = NA)
>> 1: library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, verbose =
>> FALSE)
>> Execution arrete'e
>> See section 'Generic functions and methods' of the 'Writing R Extensions'
>> manual.
>> * checking replacement functions ... WARNING
>> Erreur : le chargement du package / espace de noms a echoue' pour 'svcR'
>> Sequence d'appel :
>> 2: stop(gettextf("package/namespace load failed for '%s'",
>> libraryPkgName(packag
>> e)),

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