source-only package, but still: Error: package 'simple' was built for powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0
On Wed, 18 May 2005, Paul Shannon wrote:
I have a number simple R functions written for the biologists I work with. These functions will evolve, and the documentation will get steadily better. I hope to put them in a package on a local webserver, along with lots of help files, so that the users can easily update their installation.
We encourage you to use a repository, as in the article in the current R-news.
The functions are pure R, with no compiled code, but alias, I cannot
figure out how to build this package so that it is portable across
operating systems.
It looks like 'R CMD build' inserts the following line into the
resulting package:
Built: R 2.1.0; powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0; 2005-05-18 14:28:36; unix
making it impossible for me to later load the package into R running
under another OS. I see this error when I execute library ('simple')
under linux:
Error: package 'simple' was built for powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0
I'll be grateful if anyone can help me work around this restriction ... or
let me know how I am misconstruing the evidence.
You are. It is R CMD INSTALL that inserts such a line, and it does not do mention the platform if there is no src directory. On my system there are 281 such packages. To pick one at random: try installing 'fda'. I suspect your package has structure it is not using.
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