[R] problem in integrating C routine with R on windows XP

Uwe Ligges
Mon, 29 Sep 2003 06:33:34 -0000

Pingzhao Hu wrote:

> Hi All,
> I a C function code, which has been successed in integrating
> with Splus on Unix. Now I want to move it on windows.
> So I want to integrate this C function with R on windows XP.
>
> I download tools.zip and saved it in c:\bin  directory,
> download  MinGW and saved it in c:\MinGw directory,
> download Perl and saved it in c:\Perl directory.
>
> My path is set as:
>
>
>
C:\bin;C:\MinGW\bin;C:\Perl\bin;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRo
> ot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec
> Shared\System;c:\matlab6p5\bin\win32;


Leave out the last semicolon.



> When I input the following command:
>
> c:\rw1071\bin>   Rcmd SHLIB -o simu.dll simu.c
>
> I met the following problem:
>
> 'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
> Could any one tell me the problem here? which steps I have lost or the path
> has not been correctly set???
>
> Thank you for your help in advance!
>
> Ping
>
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You might also want to read ...\src\gnuwin32\install to set up an
environment for compiling R completely (e.g. LaTeX for generating help
files, manuals, vignettes, etc.). That's sufficient for compiling
packages (you won't need everything, but it doesn't hurt having too much
installed).

Uwe Ligges