[R] Best advice for connect R and Octave

[Uwe Ligges]

- It has never been on CRAN.
- A quick Google search suggests it is on Omegahat.

Uwe Ligges





Jason Rupert wrote:
> I see at one time there was a package called ROctave.  I tried to install that package:
> 
>> install.packages("ROctave")
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Warning message:
> In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>   package ‘ROctave’ is not available
> 
> Unfortunately it appears that the package is no longer available. By any chance is there another package or series of steps that need to be followed to allow R to interface with Octave on the Window platform (not using Cygwin)?  
> 
> Ideally the interface would allow R to make Octave calls.   I am using Octave Version 3.2.3 installed from http://octave.sourceforge.net/. 
> 
> For example I would like to call the bode function in Octave from R:
> 
> 
> L = tf2sys(3e4 * [0.0025 0.1 1], [0.01 1.03 3.03 3.01 1]);
> bode(L);
> Thanks for any feedback and insights. 
> 
> 
> 
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