[Rd] RcppArmadillo compilation error: R CMD SHLIB returns status 1

[Paul Viefers]

Dear all,

running the example by D. Eddebuettel (http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2011/04/23/) I get an error message. Specifically, the R code I was taking from the above example is

### BEGIN EXAMPLE ###

suppressMessages(require(RcppArmadillo))
suppressMessages(require(Rcpp))
suppressMessages(require(inline))
code <- '
   arma::mat coeff = Rcpp::as<arma::mat>(a);
   arma::mat errors = Rcpp::as<arma::mat>(e);
   int m = errors.n_rows; int n = errors.n_cols;
   arma::mat simdata(m,n);
   simdata.row(0) = arma::zeros<arma::mat>(1,n);
   for (int row=1; row<m; row++) {
     simdata.row(row) = simdata.row(row-1)*trans(coeff)+errors.row(row);
   }
   return Rcpp::wrap(simdata);
 '
## create the compiled function
rcppSim <- cxxfunction(signature(a="numeric",e="numeric"),
                        code,plugin="RcppArmadillo")

### END OF EXAMPLE ###

Executing this inside R, returned the following:

ERROR(s) during compilation: source code errors or compiler configuration errors!

Program source:
  1: 
  2: // includes from the plugin
  3: #include <RcppArmadillo.h>
  4: #include <Rcpp.h>
  5: 
  6: 
  7: #ifndef BEGIN_RCPP
  8: #define BEGIN_RCPP
  9: #endif
 10: 
 11: #ifndef END_RCPP
 12: #define END_RCPP
 13: #endif
 14: 
 15: using namespace Rcpp;
 16: 
 17: 
 18: // user includes
 19: 
 20: 
 21: // declarations
 22: extern "C" {
 23: SEXP file33765791( SEXP a, SEXP e) ;
 24: }
 25: 
 26: // definition
 27: 
 28: SEXP file33765791( SEXP a, SEXP e ){
 29: BEGIN_RCPP
 30: 
 31:    arma::mat coeff = Rcpp::as<arma::mat>(a);
 32:    arma::mat errors = Rcpp::as<arma::mat>(e);
 33:    int m = errors.n_rows; int n = errors.n_cols;
 34:    arma::mat simdata(m,n);
 35:    simdata.row(0) = arma::zeros<arma::mat>(1,n);
 36:    for (int row=1; row<m; row++) {
 37:      simdata.row(row) = simdata.row(row-1)*trans(coeff)+errors.row(row);
 38:    }
 39:    return Rcpp::wrap(simdata);
 40:  
 41: END_RCPP
 42: }
 43: 
 44: 
Error in compileCode(f, code, language = language, verbose = verbose) : 
  Compilation ERROR, function(s)/method(s) not created! 
Executing command 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.0/bin/i386/R CMD SHLIB file33765791.cpp 2> file33765791.cpp.err.txt' returned status 1

I am working under R 2.14.0 and as the pros among you might guess, I am new to using the C++ interfaces within R. I think all I have to do is to edit some settings on my Windows 7 machine here, but the error message is too cryptic to me. Alas, I could also not find any thread or help topic that deals with this online. I appreciate any direct reply or reference where I can find a solution to this.
Please let me know in case I am leaving out some essential details here.

Many thanks,
Paul