Re: [Rd] Including a binary Python Interpreter into a binary R-package for MS Windows

2009-09-04 Thread Guido van Steen
Hi Gabor, --- On Thu, 9/3/09, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > I've tried both these approaches. > > See Ryacas source code to see an example of the binary > download approach. > It has the advantage that the software loads and runs > faster. > > Nevertheless, I moved from the binary download appr

Re: [Rd] Including a binary Python Interpreter into a binary R-package for MS Windows

2009-09-04 Thread Guido van Steen
--- On Fri, 9/4/09, Uwe Ligges wrote: > MinGW doesn't need to be in the package, because you do not > want to ship the binaries. I meant that I would have to include the source code of MinGW, in order to build the MinGW compiler in some writeable directory of the R-user's computer. This is bec

Re: [Rd] Including a binary Python Interpreter into a binary R-package for MS Windows

2009-09-03 Thread Guido van Steen
Sorry: I sent this email to r-de...@r-project.com. So that it got bounced. Hi Uwe, Thanks a lot for this answer. > Don't know Python on Windows so well, but why can't they > install it? You can also install R with limited user > privileges. The last time I worked with Python on MS Windows was