On 06/02/2008 6:46 PM, Earl F. Glynn wrote: > I have some C code (using an old Borland compiler) that calls a DLL that > I'd like to get working from Windows and R (so I can read ABF files -- Axon > Binary Files -- directly in R). > > I thought a good first approach would be able to build R in Windows, so > that's what I'm trying to do. [I've done test builds of R under Linux > before, and that seemed fairly simple.] > > I've tried to follow the instructions "Building R for Windows" from here: > http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/ > > I installed Rtools27.exe and the other tools suggested here: > http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/Rtools.txt > > I followed the instructions in first Rtools link "Obtaining the R source > code" and have a directory with the latest C:\R\R-2-6-1. > > Should the "Building R for Windows" document say something about what should > be done next? > > Section 2.1 Simple compilation > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset > says: > > ./configure > make > > These two statements work find on Linux, but I must be missing something > under Windows XP Pro? Any suggestions?
Those are Unix instructions. You want to follow the Windows instructions, in section 3.1.2 of that document: > Open a command window at R_HOME/src/gnuwin32. Edit MkRules to set the > appropriate paths as needed and to set the type(s) of help that you want > built. Beware: MkRules contains tabs and some editors (e.g., WinEdt) silently > remove them. Then run > > make all recommended > > and sit back and wait while the basic compile takes place. Duncan Murdoch > > Also, what changes must be made to build R on a 64-bit Windows box? Do R > Tools work for a 64-bit environment? > > Thanks for any help on this. > > Earl F. Glynn > Bioinformatics > Stowers Institute for Medical Research > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
