> From: Marc Schwartz > > On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 09:34 +0000, Halldor Björnsson wrote: > > Hi, > > I made a package on a linux box. All worked fine. > > The package contains only R code (no C). I then wanted to > make a zip > > file so that I could test the package on a windows machine. > I have tried > > all the obvious ways to do this (and even some that are > not!), but to no > > avail. The only instructions I find about building > packages for windows > > (e.g. mypkg.zip) seem to imply that the build be done on a > windows machine. > > > > Is there a simple way to make mypkg.zip under linux and > then install it > > as a zip file on a windows machine? > > > > Sincerely, > > Halldor > > > I have not used it, but there is an article in the Contributed > Documentation section on the main R web site by Jun Yan and > Tony Rossini > called "Building Microsoft Windows Versions of R and R packages under > Intel Linux". > > A direct link to the PDF is: > > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/cross-build.pdf > > and there is a makefile at: > > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Makefile-rcb > > HTH, > > Marc Schwartz
If the package has no compiled code, the cross-compiling setup Marc mentioned might be an overkill. I just tried the following with a local package: On Linux (SLES8 for x86_64): R CMD INSTALL -l localRlib mypkg_x.x-x.tar.gz cd localRlib zip -r mypkg mypkg Now ftp the file mypkg.zip to the Windows box. On the Windows box: Start up Rgui Use the menu Packages / Install Package(s) from Local zip file(s) Select the file mypkg.zip That seems to work fine for me, with R-2.0.1 on both end. Best, Andy ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
