On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Prof. Ripley, > > thanks for your prompt answer. > But under MS Visual Studio there is no make utility (nmake is used to link C++ > projects from makefiles). > So is it possible to create R.lib with MS Visual Studio or should I install > some > other compiler for that (gnuwin?)?
You should use the build environment described in that file, which *does* provide 'make'. > > Best Regards, > Juri > > > > > Prof Brian Ripley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > .uk> An > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 20.10.2006 10:34 Kopie > r-devel@r-project.org > Thema > Re: [Rd] R.lib for MS Visual C++ > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to compile a library in MS Visual C++ using R.dll. >> For that, I need R.lib for linking. >> Where can I get it? >> >> "Readme.packages" for R says: "First build the import library R.lib by lib >> /def:R.exp /out:Rdll.lib" >> But for this, I need R.exp, that is also not provided with R installation >> (Lib.exe output: LIB : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file "R.exp") >> >> So how can I get R.lib? > > It actually says: > > You may if you prefer use Visual C++ to make the DLLs (unless they use > Fortran source!). First build the import library Rdll.lib by > > make R.exp > lib /def:R.exp /out:Rdll.lib > > in current versions of R. (Please note what the posting guide says about > updating *before* posting.) > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
