[R] creating a distinct zip file

Erin Hodgess erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
Sat Feb 21 20:47:16 CET 2015


I have Windows, but the "R CMD INSTALL --build pack" does not produce a
compiled zip.

Thanks,
Erin


On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Peter Langfelder <
peter.langfelder at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
> wrote:
> > On 21/02/15 15:02, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> >>
> >> R CMD INSTALL --build packagename
> >
> >
> > That will create a *.tar.gz file, not a *.zip file.  The latter being
> > what Erin wanted, if I understand correctly.
>
>
> It depends on her system (I don't see it specified anywhere). On
> Windows, R CMD INSTALL --build packagename produces a compiled .zip
> file. On Mac it produces a .tgz. Haven't tried it on Linux.
>
> Peter
>



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