[R] Compiling C-code in Windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 31/05/2011 7:50 AM, Tom Osborn wrote:
> You could use cygwin's cc/gcc, or the Watcom opensource compiler.

Neither of those is supported.  Use what the R Admin manual suggests, or 
you're on your own.

Duncan Murdoch

> [Watcom used to be a commercial compiler which ceased and has
> become an open project].
>
> But listen to people who've experienced the options. [Not I].
>
> Cheers, Tom.
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: Petar Milin
>    To: R-HELP
>    Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 9:43 PM
>    Subject: [R] Compiling C-code in Windows
>
>
>    Hello ALL!
>    I am an Linux user (Debian testing i386), with very dusty
>    Win-experience. Nevertheless, my colleagues and I are making some
>    package in R, and I built C-routines to speed up things.
>    I followed instruction how to compile C for R (very useful link:
>    http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/~yizwang/software/maxLinear/noteonR.html,
>    and links listed there). Everything works like a charm in Linux. I have
>    *.so and wrapper function from R is doing a right call.
>    However, I wanted to make *.dll library for Win-users. Now, I used my
>    colleague's computer with Win XP on it, and with the latest R. In MS-DOS
>    console, I positioned prompt in 'C;\Program Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\i386\',
>    and then I run: 'R CMD SHLIB C:\trial.c'. However, nothing happened, no
>    trial.dll, nothing. Then, I tried with: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll
>    C:\trial.c', but no luck, again.
>    Please, can anyone help me with this? Can I use: 'R CMD SHLIB
>    --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c' under Linux, and expecting working DLL?
>
>    Best,
>    PM
>
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