[Rd] R and Visual Studio

Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Wed Sep 20 10:02:32 CEST 2017



> On 19 Sep 2017, at 11:53, lille stor <lille.stor at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to build R using Visual Studio 2010 but without success. My question is if it possible build R with this compiler anyway?

It has been done, in the distant past.  However, none of the attempts produced a build which could pass R's checks.
> 
> If not, could someone please tell how to link one's C code against both the static and shared libraries of R for Windows (that comes from the official website found here https://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html)?

It is not too difficult to make and load a DLL with VS and even link to R internals using an import library.  Details are in the manual or linked from there (section 5.5).  (There is no static library for R on Windows.)

> 
> Thank you!
> 
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