[R] Porting Custom Packages from Linux to Windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

Marc Schwartz wrote:
> On Oct 27, 2009, at 6:20 PM, David Lubbers wrote:
>
>   
>> On my linux workstation I have a nice, very little project in a
>> directory called "mystuff"
>>
>> I installed "mystuff" into site-library with R CMD build, R CMD check
>> and R CMD install.  This was all with the file mystuff.tar.gz.
>>
>> Now I want to install "mystuff" on my windows workstation.  Can I use
>> the same file mystuff.tar.gz.  Do I need to do something different  
>> with
>> R CMD build?
>>
>> Ideally somebody has a tutorial for porting from linux to windows this
>> way.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>     
>
>
>
> The package source tar file is not directly installable on Windows.  
>   

That's not true.  You just need to install the tools, and then it's 
similar to Linux.  The tools are available from 
http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools.

Duncan Murdoch

> You need to create a .zip 'binary' package file.
>
> There is a cross-building document here by Rossini and Yan:
>
>    http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/cross-build.pdf
>
> and the associated makefile here:
>
>    http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Makefile-rcb
>
>
> I have not looked at them in detail relative to their applicability to  
> current versions of R, as they are a rather dated (circa 2003). So  
> caveat emptor.
>
> If you might consider just directly building the packages on your  
> Windows system, Duncan provides an easy Windows installation that  
> contains the requisite tools (C and FORTRAN compilers, vanilla Perl,  
> etc.) here:
>
>    http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/
>
> along with others that are referenced in the R-Admin Manual Windows  
> Toolset Appendix:
>
>    http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows- 
> toolset
>
> would enable you to build your package on Windows, including any C or  
> FORTRAN code that you might have in the package.
>
> HTH,
>
> Marc Schwartz
>
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