[R-pkg-devel] Validate CRAN package using a linked library

[Bert Gunter]

Are you aware of Ryacas or rSymPy ??  If not, does it really add anything to these? If so, feel free to ignore.

Cheers,
Bert


Bert Gunter

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> On Sep 14, 2016, at 5:52 AM, Dorel, Mathurin <mathurin.dorel at charite.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I developed a package using the symbolic calculus C library ginac (http://www.ginac.de/<https://email.charite.de/owa/redir.aspx?REF=fSvQ3yE_XkDlPenE4F0MzYwBnO23griAuHvI5OZfSugms-XfndzTCAFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmdpbmFjLmRlLw..>).
> I want to submit my package to CRAN, but the library is not installed on CRAN computers
> so the C/C++ code does not compile on CRAN winbuilder (http://win-builder.r-project.org/upload.aspx<https://email.charite.de/owa/redir.aspx?REF=KMGXFEO-FDxPH92uJokI4LhZLoWd8IY1gdu9k7Wswrcms-XfndzTCAFodHRwOi8vd2luLWJ1aWxkZXIuci1wcm9qZWN0Lm9yZy91cGxvYWQuYXNweA..>).
> 
> What would be an appropriate solution? Should I ask the CRAN administrators to install ginac on
> their test machines, or should I submit a source package in the style of BH which would provided
> a compiled version of the ginac library that I could link to?
> 
> Best,
> Mathurin Dorel
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