[Rd] parallel build for package? (equivalent of make -j8)

Whit Armstrong armstrong.whit at gmail.com
Sun Nov 30 19:30:56 CET 2008


linux, x86-64.

omg, MAKE="make -j8" R CMD INSTALL works beautifully.

Thanks for making me see the light.

Cheers,
Whit


On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Peter Dalgaard
<p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> wrote:
> Whit Armstrong wrote:
>>
>> I have a package that takes about 20 minutes to compile which tends to
>> prolong the compile/test/compile cycle.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to get R CMD check or R CMD INSTALL to use parallel
>> make?
>>
>> I looked at R CMD INSTALL --help, but I don't see anything obvious
>> arguments to do this.
>
> Platform?
>
> Does
>
> MAKE="make -j8" R CMD INSTALL ...
>
> not work?
>
> (Beware: Here there be Tygers. Parallel makes have their surprises....)
>
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