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

[Uwe Ligges]

Daryl Morris wrote:
> 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?

You need to INSTALL a source package (that has been build) as on any 
other platform. How to colect the tools in order to make R CMD INSTALL 
work under Windows (and other OSs) is described in the R Installation 
and Administration manual.

Best,
Uwe Ligges




> thank you, Daryl
> U. Washington Biostatistics
> 
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