[Rd] R-extension in unix system -- help to locate header files

[Prof Brian Ripley]

I suggested you ask your 'unix' advisor for help.  This is *way* off topic 
for an R forum.

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Kyeongmi Cheon wrote:

>
>
> Thank you for your reply. I'm really new to this unix system and let me ask
> one more
> time to make sure if I understand it right.
>
> So I do it this way?
> 1. Change my codes to like below:
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <R.h>
> #include <Rdefines.h>
> #include <Rmath.h>
> #include <R_ext/Applic.h>
> #include <R_ext/PrtUtil.h>
>
> 2. and at the command line,
> set path = (/gpfs/data/local/linux/R-2.6.2/lib64/R/include $path)
> set path = (/gpfs/data/local/linux/R-2.6.2/lib64/R/include/R_ext $path)
>
> Then what is about -I flags? I googled it but couldn't find anything. I
> don't really
> know what you meant by "The search paths ....  supplemented by -I flags on
> the command
> line". How do I use it? Like this?
> set path = (/gpfs/data/local/linux/R-2.6.2/lib64/R/include $path) -I
>
>
> Thank you so much.
> Kyeongmi Cheon
>
> University of memphis
>
> ................
>
> You should never give full paths in #include statements.
>
> The search paths for include ('header') files are set by the compiler and
> supplemented by -I flags on the command line.  If your C compiler is
> unable to find <stdlib.h> something is badly wrong, and you need to ask
> your 'unix' advisor for help.  (BTW, these header files are OS-specific,
> and some of them will be compiler-specific -- on my Solaris Unix box cc
> and gcc use different versions of some of these headers.)
>
>
> -----
> Kyeongmi,
>
> University of Memphis
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