[R] R CMD SHLIB problem [make: *** No rule to make target ]

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Please do *not* use paths in your C code, especially those with spaces in. 
(The rw-FAQ did advise you not to install into a path with spaces in if 
you wanted to do development work.)  The path is not needed for system 
include files (you used <>) and is likely the problem.

And please do not post multiple times.

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Diogo Alagador wrote:

> Hy all,
>
> I apologize for my ingenuity in regard to interfaces in R, but I do need it for my work. In that respect I took a simple and small example from the net (the "hello world", one) to interface R with C.
> I have a Windows XP OS using R.2.5.0 and in that regard I have installed the Perl and RTools files to my PC. I also wrote a proper path file, as suggested.
>
> The C program is:
>
> #include <C:/Archivos de programa/R-2.5.0/include/R.h>
> void hello(int *n){
> int i;
> for(i=0;i<*n;i++){
> Rprintf("Hello, world!\n");
> }
> }

You don't need R.h, but you do need to declare Rprintf, which is in
<R_ext/Print.h>.  So a more legible version of a correct program would be

% cat holla.c

#include <R_ext/Print.h>

void hello(int *n)
{
     int i;
     for(i = 0; i < *n; i++)
          Rprintf("Hello, world!\n");
}

which you could call by

> dyn.load("holla.dll")
> .C("hello", 10L)

(note the L).


> However when trying to compile the a C file in the command window:
>
> R CMD SHLIB holla.c
>
> I get the following message:
>
> make: *** No rule to make target `holla.d', needed by `makeMakedeps'.  Stop.
>
> Can somebody give me a hand on this,
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> Diogo André Alagador
>
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>

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