[Rd] R CMD check: Error in .C

[Etienne Laliberté]

Many thanks Mathieu, following your answer I did a bit more focused
research and found out that because "mypackage" had a NAMESPACE, I had
to create the following zzz.R file instead:

.onLoad <-function (lib, pkg) {
    library.dynam("mypackage", pkg, lib)
}

I then had a look in "Writing R extensions" to see if I had just
missed this precious info, but though they mention:

    "If the ‘src’ subdirectory of an add-on package contains source
code with one of the extensions
listed above or a file ‘Makevars’ but not a file Makefile, R CMD
INSTALL creates a shared object
(for loading into R in the .First.lib or .onLoad function of the
package) using the R CMD
SHLIB mechanism. If file ‘Makevars’ exists it is read first, then the
system makefile and then
any personal ‘Makevars’ files."

To a novice like me, I really think this is not clear enough. It would
be nice if "Writing R extensions" was a bit more explicit about this
zzz.R solution.


Le 26 octobre 2009 23:44, Mathieu Ribatet <mathieu.ribatet at epfl.ch> a écrit :
>
> Dear Etienne,
>
> You probably want to create a zzz.R file in the /mypkg/R/ folder which
> is just
>
>        .First.lib <- function(lib, pkg){
>          library.dynam("MyPkgName", package = pkg, lib.loc = lib)
>          return(invisible(0))
>        }
>
> This would ensure that your shared library will be loaded.
>
> Best,
> Mathieu
>
> Le lundi 26 octobre 2009 à 03:58 +0100, Etienne Laliberté a écrit :
> > Function/file names are hypothetical. Say I have written myfunction.R,
> > which calls myfunction.c via .C("myfunction", ...).
> >
> > I've compiled successfully myfunction.c via R CMD SHLIB myfunction.c
> > in the terminal. Then, in the R console:
> >
> > dyn.load("myfunction.so")
> > source("myfunction.R")
> > test <- myfunction() # works fine
> >
> > So everything is in order, myfunction works perfectly.
> >
> > Now I want to include myfunction() into a package called mypackage.
> > Here's what I did:
> >
> > 1) I've added PACKAGE = "mypackage" in the .C() line in myfunction.R.
> > 2) I put myfunction.R into the R folder of mypackage
> > 3) I put myfunction.c into the src folder of mypackage
> > 4) I created myfunction.Rd into the man folder
> >
> > I then build the package via R CMD build mypackage. All good. However,
> > when I run R CMD check mypackage, I get the following error (note that
> > I translated from french, might be a bit different in english):
> >
> > Error in .C("myfunction", ...): C symbol name "myfunction" cannot be
> > found in the DLL for package "mypackage"
> >
> > I would appreciate some help here. Please do not refer my to "Writing
> > R extensions" - if the answer's in there, I don't understand it.
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
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