I don't think it is wired. Just like you cannot install a program in Mac using .exe or install in Windows using .app. Once you have build a binary package for windows, you/others can install it by "packages--install packages from local zip file...".
Best 2009/4/25 Daryl Morris <dar...@u.washington.edu>: > Thanks Mark, > That was it. (ie the --binary option on R CMD build) > > I'll just state for the web-o-sphere (just in case it helps any one else) > that part of my confusion in building this came from misunderstanding what > they call "source" and what the call "binary" in this environment. > > I always think of source as something that must be compiled into a binary > (like C-code for instance). And I guess I didn't think the process of > making some R functions into a loadable package was "compiling". I thought > it was more like "wrapping". So, when the documentation referred to "source > packages", I didn't think it was talking about what I was doing. Nor did I > think I had a "binary package". > > Live and learn I guess. > > It's still weird to me that I have to install "source packages" from the > command line. But I'm through the learning curve now, so I'll pipe down. > > Thanks to everyone who responded! > > Daryl Morris > Univ. of Washington Biostatistics > > > > markle...@verizon.net wrote: > > Hii Daryl: to install from the GUI or just generally on windows, build it > so that it's by binary by doing R CMD BUILD --binary whatever. > > that will create a zip file that you can either extract using winzip or > install from the gui. > john chambers new book explains some of this but, i still found it > difficult ( and got help also ) so > I know where you're coming from. > > if you want relevant package tutorials: duncan murdoch ,, friedrich leisch > and alan lenarcic all have them on the web. but i think you are way past > the point where you need them. ( and I couldn't > get them to work anyway but they were still quite helpful ). > > as far as not needing Perl, I don't know how to do that ? I think they are > changing the CMD > commands to use R rather than Perl so, when that is finished, you won't need > Perl. > > oh, if you do do any of those tutorials and get any of them to woprk, let me > know because > I couldn't. thanks. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@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. > -- HUANG Ronggui, Wincent PhD Candidate Dept of Public and Social Administration City University of Hong Kong Home page: http://asrr.r-forge.r-project.org/rghuang.html ______________________________________________ R-help@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.