R help - Apr 2009 - issue building my own package... moving from Apple OS to Windows

Thanks Mark,
That was it.  (ie the --binary option on R CMD build)

I'll just state for the web-o-sphere (just in case it helps any one 
else) that part of my confusion in building this came from 
misunderstanding what they call "source" and what the call
"binary" in
this environment.

I always think of source as something that must be compiled into a 
binary (like C-code for instance).  And I guess I didn't think the 
process of making some R functions into a loadable package was 
"compiling".  I thought it was more like "wrapping".  So,
when the
documentation referred to "source packages", I didn't think it was
talking about what I was doing.  Nor did I think I had a "binary
package".

Live and learn I guess.

It's still weird to me that I have to install "source packages"
from the
command line.  But I'm through the learning curve now, so I'll pipe
down.

Thanks to everyone who responded!

Daryl Morris
Univ. of Washington Biostatistics



markleeds at verizon.net wrote:

Hii Daryl:  to install from the GUI or just generally on windows, build 
it so that it's by binary by doing R CMD BUILD --binary whatever.

that will create a zip file that you can either extract using winzip or 
install from the gui.
john chambers new  book explains some of this but, i  still found it 
difficult ( and got help also )  so
I know where you're coming from.

if you want relevant  package tutorials: duncan murdoch ,, friedrich 
leisch and alan lenarcic all have them on the web.  but i think you are 
way past the point where you need them. ( and I couldn't
get them to work anyway but they were still quite helpful ).

as far as not needing Perl, I don't know how to do that ? I think they 
are changing the CMD
commands to use R rather than Perl so, when that is finished, you won't 
need Perl.

oh, if you do do any of those tutorials and get any of them to woprk, 
let me know because
I couldn't. thanks.

I don't think it is wired. Just like you cannot install a program in
Mac using .exe or install in Windows using .app. Once you have build a
binary package for windows, you/others can install it by
"packages--install packages from local zip file...".

Best

2009/4/25 Daryl Morris <darylm at
u.washington.edu>:
> Thanks Mark,
> That was it. ?(ie the --binary option on R CMD build)
>
> I'll just state for the web-o-sphere (just in case it helps any one
else)
> that part of my confusion in building this came from misunderstanding what
> they call "source" and what the call "binary" in this
environment.
>
> I always think of source as something that must be compiled into a binary
> (like C-code for instance). ?And I guess I didn't think the process of
> making some R functions into a loadable package was "compiling".
?I thought
> it was more like "wrapping". ?So, when the documentation referred
to "source
> packages", I didn't think it was talking about what I was doing.
?Nor did I
> think I had a "binary package".
>
> Live and learn I guess.
>
> It's still weird to me that I have to install "source
packages" from the
> command line. ?But I'm through the learning curve now, so I'll pipe
down.
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded!
>
> Daryl Morris
> Univ. of Washington Biostatistics
>
>
>
> markleeds at verizon.net wrote:
>
> Hii Daryl: ?to install from the GUI or just generally on windows, build it
> so that it's by binary by doing R CMD BUILD --binary whatever.
>
> that will create a zip file that you can either extract using winzip or
> install from the gui.
> john chambers new ?book explains some of this but, i ?still found it
> difficult ( and got help also ) ?so
> I know where you're coming from.
>
> if you want relevant ?package tutorials: duncan murdoch ,, friedrich leisch
> and alan lenarcic all have them on the web. ?but i think you are way past
> the point where you need them. ( and I couldn't
> get them to work anyway but they were still quite helpful ).
>
> as far as not needing Perl, I don't know how to do that ? I think they
are
> changing the CMD
> commands to use R rather than Perl so, when that is finished, you won't
need
> Perl.
>
> oh, if you do do any of those tutorials and get any of them to woprk, let
me
> know because
> I couldn't. thanks.
>
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