Thanks a lot! There is no MSVC project for R on Windows? On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Duncan Murdoch<murd...@stats.uwo.ca> wrote: > On 22/06/2009 6:52 PM, Michael wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am thinking of extending a package by directly adding stuff to its >> C++ code. And then I have to recompile the package. >> >> Do I have to download the whole R source repository, in order to do >> the recompilation? What is the minimal setup requirement for such a >> recompilation? > > No, you just need to recompile the package. The R Installation and > Administration tells you the necessary tools. On Windows, those are > (mostly) packaged in the Rtools collection, available on my web page at > http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools. > >> >> I am using MSVC Express 2008 on Windows, is that okay? > > It's certainly not sufficient, you need other tools. You can compile the > DLLs for a package using whatever compiler you like, but the build/install > system in R for Windows assumes you're using the MinGW port of gcc. I don't > know how much work it would be to switch to a different compiler; you'll > need to ask Microsoft for support on that. > > Duncan Murdoch > >> >> Please give me some guidance. Thank you! >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > >
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