[Rd] How to prepare/submit packages with external dependency?

[Dominick Samperi]

The RQuantLib package has a boost dependency like this. On Linux machines
configure.in is designed to check that Boost has been installed. To 
build a Windows
binary CRAN uses a binary version of QuantLib/Boost that I put together. You
might be able to have your package linked against that (actually, 
"linked" is not
the correct term since much of Boost is implemented via header files). I 
do not
think CRAN accepts binary submissions.

The package RcppTemplate contains more info on this.

ds

Andrew Finley wrote:
> Hello, 
> I'd like to submit a new package that ports some code which uses the boost
> c++ library (i.e., an external dependency).  I have written a linux/unix
> configure file as described in the Witting R Extensions but don't know
> enough about windows to write a windows configure/makefile.
>
> That said, can I still successfully post this package on CRAN.  The package
> passes all recommended tests on my linux machine (which has boost
> installed).
>
> I also posted this on the R-packages list, sorry for the cross-posting.
>
> Thanks-
> Andrew
>
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