[R] how to compile R source code under Win NT?

[Thomas Lumley]

On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Duncan Temple Lang wrote:

> 
> 
> A listing of the recommended tools, version infomation and URLs where
> these tools can be found is given in the INSTALL file in the
> src/gnuwin32 directory when you unzip the distribution file.
> 
> The relevant line in this file is
>   We recommend that you use the mingw32 port of gcc-2.95.2 by Mumit Khan
>     from http://www.mingw.org/ or 
>     ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32
> 
> You will also need the appropriate version of Perl and the
> different utilities such as make, cat, cp.

Also note that you need to follow the recommendations *exactly* or it
probably won't work.  It's a lot less robust to minor variations than Unix
compilation and there are bugs or anomalies in a lot of the available
tools.

	-thomas

Thomas Lumley
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
University of Washington, Seattle

> 
>  D.
> 
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> > Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 18:14:14 -0700
> > From: Shige Song <sgsong at ucla.edu>
> > 
> > Dear All,
> > 
> > This is an absolutely beginner's question: which compiler should I use to
> > compile R source code under Win NT platform?
> > 
> > Thanks a lot.
> > 
> > Shige Song
> > Department of Sociology, UCLA
> 
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Thomas Lumley
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