[R] Porting Custom Packages from Linux to Windows

[David Lubbers]

You guys are awesome, thanks!

On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 20:40 -0500, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> On Oct 27, 2009, at 8:32 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> 
> > 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
> 
> 
> Right, which I point to below Duncan. I was referring to a typical R  
> install on Windows, where your tools would not normally be available.
> 
> :-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> >> 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
> >>
> >> ______________________________________________
> >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> >>
> >
>