[R] Source package installation for WinXPpro

[Uwe Ligges]

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Phguardiol at aol.com wrote:

 > Hi
 > I d like to compile the source code from last Affy package for 
WinXPpro under
 > R18beta
 > however the doc is pretty poor regarding this process...

...\gnuwin32\readme.packages and ...\gnuwin32\install do provide a great 
description.


 > I went to FAQ R Win then to http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/ and
 > downloaded in The essentials, tools and Perl 5.8.0, then MingW from 
www.mingw.org and
 > I wonder if I need any other stuff from this page ?

Please read the files mentioned above and follow the instructions given 
therein exactly.


 > I m not sure but I dont
 > think I need the cross-conpilers ?

No, given you are not going to cross-compile ...


 > what about the others below ? Then I
 > installed MingW and Perl.
 > Then what am i suposed to do....?
 > If I click on Rcmd I dont get any windows to open or just for a second...

Rcmd is supposed to be used within the windows shell.

Uwe Ligges


 > thanks for your help
 > Philippe
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