[R] using compiled fortran in R

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

See `Writing R Extensions' for the information.

R CMD SHLIB hello.f

> dyn.load("hello.so")

might be what you need.  dyn.load in R loads shared libraries (on Linux),
not .o objects.  The error message does say your hello.o is not a valid
shared library.

Looks like the help page for dyn.load needs a cross-reference to SHLIB.


On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Natalie Hawkins wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to use a Fortran subroutine in R.  I have checked the R
> docs and Newsletter,
> but..., I am unable to load an object file into R.
>
> The steps I have taken are (on Debian Linux/recent Intel-type chip ):
>
> 1. g77 -c hello.f
>     to create hello.o
>
> 2. mymachine> R
>     to start R
>
> 3. > dyn.load("hello.o")
>     at which point I am getting the error msg:
>
>    Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
>    unable to load shared library "/home/hawkins/Rfortran/hello.o":
>    /home/hawkins/Rfortran/hello.o: ELF file's phentsize not the expected
> size
>
> Can anyone (please) correct my procedure, offer a suggestion?
>
> thanks,
> Natalie Hawkins

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