[R] Rcmd SHLIB

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Gabriel Lawson wrote:

> Thanks tons.  If you get a moment and feel like answering another question:
> Regarding the readme.packages file excerpt below:  How can I set the R_HOME
> path?  Is it always the R install directory?  Also, is creating libR.a and

It is where you installed R.

> libRblas.a a neccessary step in creating ANY dll for use with R?

No, but it is a necessary step to using the supplied tools and it is 
needed for many DLLs.

> BEWARE: Don't expect this to work if the path to R_HOME contains spaces.
> 
> It may work, but we don't recommend it.
> 

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