[R] creating a distinct zip file

[Jeff Newmiller]

What is a "compiled zip"? There is a warning against using that term in section 1 of the Writing R Extensions  documentation, along with a discussion of why it is ambiguous at best. Can you read that and clarify your statement?

Since you make this assertion that R  CMD INSTALL --build does not do what you want it to, I am not sure we are speaking of the same kind of file. If we are, then you may not have your system configured correctly.
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On February 21, 2015 11:47:16 AM PST, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com> wrote:
>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
>>