R help - Sep 2003 - Errors in making a DLL file

Hi, all:
 
I want to call a c program in the windows version R, so I installed ActivePerl
and
MinGw, wrote the code below in command prompt:

Rcmd SHLIB filename.c

and I got the error message as follows:

Error: c:/R/rw1071/src/gnuwin32/MakeDLL 16: common syntax error.
.....
There are errors on line 16 18 20 22 25 28 43 44 45 47 49 50 51 52 53 79 80 81
83.

Has any one met the same problem before? Do I need other tools installed?

Best Wishes,
Guan Xing
9/20/03

gxx4 at cwru.edu wrote:
> 
> Hi, all:
> 
> I want to call a c program in the windows version R, so I installed
ActivePerl and
> MinGw, wrote the code below in command prompt:
> 
> Rcmd SHLIB filename.c
> 
> and I got the error message as follows:
> 
> Error: c:/R/rw1071/src/gnuwin32/MakeDLL 16: common syntax error.
> .....
> There are errors on line 16 18 20 22 25 28 43 44 45 47 49 50 51 52 53 79 80
81 83.
> 
> Has any one met the same problem before? Do I need other tools installed?
> 
> Best Wishes,
> Guan Xing
> 9/20/03
> 
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I've never seen this error, but for sure you haven't followed the
instructions in c:/R/rw1071/src/gnuwin32/readme.packages and the
"Writing R Extensions" manual closely enough (Are all the paths set?
Do
you have the tool collection provided on Brians Ripley's page?).

Uwe Ligges