[R] install or uncompress package build in one platform in another platform

[David Winsemius]

On Apr 22, 2010, at 8:09 AM, carol white wrote:

> Hi,
> Is an R package built under Unix (package.tar.gz) could be installed  
> on other platforms like windows or Mac? The compressed tar file  
> (.tar.gz) built under Unix doesn't seem to be uncompressed under  
> windows (unzip under windows instead of gunzip). How to proceed?
>

If it has only R code then on a Mac the Archive Utility.app would  
decompress a tar.gz file and give you a package folder that you could  
put into the appropriate location in your Library. If it has compiled  
code then no, forget it. There must be ways to ungzip and untar files  
in Windows.

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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT