[R] 32-bit packages on 64-bit Windows

[Lee Hachadoorian]

Thanks very much for the information. I also see that
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.12/ReadMe has
information on some of the packages I'm interested in.

Thanks for the help,
--Lee

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/11/2010 1:40 PM, Lee Hachadoorian wrote:
>>
>> Are 32-bit precompiled packages supposed to work on 32-bit R installed
>> on 64-bit Windows? I *think* the Windows R FAQ (2.28 Should I run
>> 32-bit or 64-bit R?) implies that they will work, but I am having
>> trouble getting certain packages to work. Before I spend more time on
>> it or start asking questions about specific packages, I would like to
>> know I'm not trying to do something impossible.
>
>
> Yes, but be sure they were compiled for R 2.12.0.  The location of DLLs has
> changed, as well as the other usual minor internal changes that come with a
> new version.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>



-- 
Lee Hachadoorian
PhD Student, Geography
Program in Earth & Environmental Sciences
CUNY Graduate Center