[R] building packages for Linux vs. Windows

[Uwe Ligges]

Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 10/02/2008 1:07 PM, Erin Hodgess wrote:
>> Hi R People:
>>
>> I sure that this is a really easy question, but here goes:
>>
>> I'm trying to build a package that will run on both Linux and Windows.
>>
>> However, there are several commands in a section that will be
>> different in Linux than they are in Windows.
>>
>> Would I be better off just to build two separate packages, please?
>> If just one is needed, how could I determine which system is running
>> in order to use the correct command, please?
> 
> You will find it much easier to build just one package.
> 
> You can use .Platform or (for more detail) Sys.info() to find out what 
> kind of system you're running on.  Remember that R doesn't just run on 
> Linux and Windows:  there's also MacOSX, and other Unix and Unix-like 
> systems (Solaris, etc.).


Erin,

moreover, R has some nice facility that allows to write a function for 
Windows, another one for Mac and a thirs one for Unix-alikes and place 
them in subfolders of ./R with the right names, see the Writing R 
Extensions manual.

Uwe Ligges



> Duncan Murdoch
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