On 13/02/2012 2:36 PM, sahir bhatnagar wrote:
I am in the process of creating a package in R which calls
pre-compiled C code i.e. '.exe' files in Windows.
Since CRAN will not accept packages with binary code files, what are
my options to meet the requirements while still including the
executable file?
I think you should ask the CRAN administrators that, but my
understanding is that they are unlikely to accept your package as
described. CRAN is interested in platform-neutral packages, and if you
have an .exe, you're going to be Windows-only.
If you include the source code for that .exe and put together the
Makefile to compile it, then they'd be more receptive, and someone might
offer help to get it to run on other platforms if it doesn't on your
first attempt.
If you don't want to include the .exe source (or can't), I think you
should just publish it on your own web page.
Duncan Murdoch
I read section 1.5.2 of the manual which mentions three options two of
which involve negotiating with CRAN administrators. The third
references the package Cairo which arranges to download additional
software, but I don't see how this will allow my package to get
accepted.
It would seem that I need to ensure that my package works under both
architectures (32 and 64 bit).
1) Would this be sufficient to get it accepted?
2) If so, does anyone have any documentation in performing this task,
or can someone point me in the right direction?
I was told that 'arulesSequences' is an example of a CRAN package
while compiles executables. Was this package accepted because it
worked under both architectures? or are there other reasons.
thanks
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