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

[ronggui]

I don't think it is wired. Just like you cannot install a program in
Mac using .exe or install in Windows using .app. Once you have build a
binary package for windows, you/others can install it by
"packages--install packages from local zip file...".

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2009/4/25 Daryl Morris <darylm at u.washington.edu>:
> Thanks Mark,
> That was it.  (ie the --binary option on R CMD build)
>
> I'll just state for the web-o-sphere (just in case it helps any one else)
> that part of my confusion in building this came from misunderstanding what
> they call "source" and what the call "binary" in this environment.
>
> I always think of source as something that must be compiled into a binary
> (like C-code for instance).  And I guess I didn't think the process of
> making some R functions into a loadable package was "compiling".  I thought
> it was more like "wrapping".  So, when the documentation referred to "source
> packages", I didn't think it was talking about what I was doing.  Nor did I
> think I had a "binary package".
>
> Live and learn I guess.
>
> It's still weird to me that I have to install "source packages" from the
> command line.  But I'm through the learning curve now, so I'll pipe down.
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded!
>
> Daryl Morris
> Univ. of Washington Biostatistics
>
>
>
> markleeds at verizon.net wrote:
>
> Hii Daryl:  to install from the GUI or just generally on windows, build it
> so that it's by binary by doing R CMD BUILD --binary whatever.
>
> that will create a zip file that you can either extract using winzip or
> install from the gui.
> john chambers new  book explains some of this but, i  still found it
> difficult ( and got help also )  so
> I know where you're coming from.
>
> if you want relevant  package tutorials: duncan murdoch ,, friedrich leisch
> and alan lenarcic all have them on the web.  but i think you are way past
> the point where you need them. ( and I couldn't
> get them to work anyway but they were still quite helpful ).
>
> as far as not needing Perl, I don't know how to do that ? I think they are
> changing the CMD
> commands to use R rather than Perl so, when that is finished, you won't need
> Perl.
>
> oh, if you do do any of those tutorials and get any of them to woprk, let me
> know because
> I couldn't. thanks.
>
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