[R] Rcmd SHLIB

[Gabriel Lawson]

Thanks tons.  If you get a moment and feel like answering another question:
Regarding the readme.packages file excerpt below:  How can I set the R_HOME
path?  Is it always the R install directory?  Also, is creating libR.a and
libRblas.a a neccessary step in creating ANY dll for use with R?
BEWARE: Don't expect this to work if the path to R_HOME contains spaces.

It may work, but we don't recommend it.



Thanks for your time,

gabe





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Prof Brian Ripley" <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
To: "Gabriel Lawson" <gagongabe at earthlink.net>
Cc: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: [R] Rcmd SHLIB


> Most likely you don't have dlltool in your path.  Further, I suspect you
> don't have the correct make in your path since AFAIK that does not use
> CreateProcess.
>
> Please check and check again that you have followed exactly all the
> instructions in the file readme.packages.  See Q3.1 in the rw-FAQ.
>
> On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Gabriel Lawson wrote:
>
> > Ok, I think I may have a path or permissions problem (below).  Anyone
> > know which settings I should check?
> >
> > When I use
> >
> > "Rcmd SHLIB <filename>"
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > C:\Program Files\R\rw1081\bin>Rcmd SHLIB info.diffusion.c
> > process_begin: CreateProcess((null), dlltool -k --as as --dllname
R.dll --def R.
> > exp --output-lib libR.a, ...) failed.
> > make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
> > make[1]: *** [libR.a] Error 2
> > make: *** [libR] Error 2
>
> -- 
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