[R] issue building my own package... moving from Apple OS to Windows

[ronggui]

Yeah, you have to build a binary package for windows, unless you just
want to simply source all the functions into R.

2009/4/24 Daryl Morris <darylm at u.washington.edu>:
> Hello,
> I have written my own very simple package.  On an Apple, I was able to run
> through the "R CMD build" and "R CMD check" successfully.  I have also
> installed the package, and successfully loaded the library on my Apple.
>
> This package is written entirely in R and requires no compilation.
>
> I am trying to move the package to a Windows machine.
>
> I (perhaps naively) thought, given that it contains no code requiring
> compilation, that I should just be able to take the .tar.gz file and
> directly install it in Windows.  This didn't work.  Nor did "translating'
> the contents of the .tar.gz file into a .zip file.
>
> I was about to provide the errors, but more googling on this issue suggests
> that maybe what I'm trying to do is impossible.
>
> Do I really have to "build" on a Windows box ... even when the package
> requires no compilation?  Is there no simple translation tool available for
> this case?
>
> thank you, Daryl
> U. Washington Biostatistics
>
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