[R] Compiling C codes in Windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 4/2/2007 4:53 AM, Martin Morgan wrote:
> Tong Wang <wangtong at usc.edu> writes:
> 
>> Hi All,
> [...]
>> After I followed all the instructions in " Building R for Windows" 
> [...]
>>      Anyway, I assumed that I need to run this command in Cygwin
> 
> No, do this from a DOS shell. 

Cygwin is fine as a shell (it's what I use), but the rest of your advice 
is correct:

 > The usual problems are either missing
> components from the installation steps outlined in Building R for
> Windows, or an incorrect PATH variable so that windows or cygwin
> versions of programs are used rather than MinGW / Rtools.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> Also, this question belongs on the R-devel list, where those doing
> development work are more likely to see and respond to your
> questions.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Martin Morgan
>>
>> $ make all recommended
>> make: ./Rpwd.exe: Command not found
>> make[1]: ./Rpwd.exe: Command not found
>> make --no-print-directory -C front-ends Rpwd
>> make -C ../../include -f Makefile.win version
>> make Rpwd.exe
>> gcc  -O3 -Wall -pedantic -I../../include  -c rpwd.c -o rpwd.o
>> rpwd.c:22:20: direct.h: No such file or directory
>> rpwd.c: In function `main':
>> rpwd.c:42: warning: implicit declaration of function `chdir'
>> rpwd.c:45: warning: implicit declaration of function `getcwd'
>> make[3]: *** [rpwd.o] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [Rpwd] Error 2
>> make[1]: *** [front-ends/Rpwd.exe] Error 2
>> make: *** [all] Error 2 
>>
>>
>> Can I get some help with my quesitons , and some suggestions concerning the best way to solve the whole problem ?
>>
>> THanks a lot  for your help..
>>
>> tong
>>
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