[R] R-package install

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, cindy Guo wrote:

> Thank you, Brian and Mark,
>  
> I tried the win-builder on http://win-builder.r-project.org/. Is this
> what you mean? I uploaded the source code, and I didn't get any email
> after couple of hours. It should arrive after half an hour, as it is said
> on the webpage. Do you know what can happen?

Did you set your address in the DESCRIPTION field?

>  
> Cindy
> 
>  
> On 7/25/08, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>       We write manuals so that you can know how to do things in R.
>        Package installation is covered in the 'R Installation and
>       Administration' manual.
>
>       We don't have the attachment, but assuming this was a source
>       package I sugest you look into Uwe Ligges' win-builder
>       service mentioned in that manual (and in 'Writing R
>       Extensions').
>
>       On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, cindy Guo wrote:
>
>             Hi, Mark,
>             Thank you for your response.
>             No, I don't know how to compile it. Do I need to
>             use unix to compile? After
>             compiling, can I use it in Windows R?
>             Attached is the package.
>             Cindy
> 
>
>             On 7/24/08, Mark Difford
>             <mark_difford at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>
>                   Hi Cindy,
>
>                               Hi, I have a
>                               R package,
>                               which is a
>                               .tar.tar
>                               file. And it
>                               is said to be
>                               source code
>                               for all
>                               platforms.
>                               ... I am
>                               wondering if
>                               I can use
>                               this package
>                               in Windows R.
> 
>
>                   If it is source code you would first
>                   need to compile it to binary format
>                   before you can use it. Can you do
>                   that?
>
>                   Which package is it?
>
>                   Regards, Mark.
> 
>
>                   cindy Guo wrote:
>
>                         Hi, I have a R package,
>                         which is a .tar.tar file.
>                         And it is said to be
>                         source code for all
>                         platforms. And the author
>                         said it should install on
>                         any
>                         system (but he didn't
>                         know about Windows). I am
>                         wondering if I can use
>                         this
>                         package in Windows R.
>                         Thank you,
>                         Cindy
>
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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595