Hello ALL! I am an Linux user (Debian testing i386), with very dusty Win-experience. Nevertheless, my colleagues and I are making some package in R, and I built C-routines to speed up things. I followed instruction how to compile C for R (very useful link: http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/~yizwang/software/maxLinear/noteonR.html, and links listed there). Everything works like a charm in Linux. I have *.so and wrapper function from R is doing a right call. However, I wanted to make *.dll library for Win-users. Now, I used my colleague's computer with Win XP on it, and with the latest R. In MS-DOS console, I positioned prompt in 'C;\Program Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\i386\', and then I run: 'R CMD SHLIB C:\trial.c'. However, nothing happened, no trial.dll, nothing. Then, I tried with: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c', but no luck, again. Please, can anyone help me with this? Can I use: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c' under Linux, and expecting working DLL? Best, PM
Compiling C-code in Windows
8 messages · Petar Milin, Tom Osborn, Andreas Borg +3 more
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On 31/05/2011 7:43 AM, Petar Milin wrote:
Hello ALL! I am an Linux user (Debian testing i386), with very dusty Win-experience. Nevertheless, my colleagues and I are making some package in R, and I built C-routines to speed up things. I followed instruction how to compile C for R (very useful link: http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/~yizwang/software/maxLinear/noteonR.html,
You should follow the instructions in the R Installation and Administration manual to set up the tools on your Windows system.
and links listed there). Everything works like a charm in Linux. I have *.so and wrapper function from R is doing a right call. However, I wanted to make *.dll library for Win-users. Now, I used my colleague's computer with Win XP on it, and with the latest R. In MS-DOS console, I positioned prompt in 'C;\Program Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\i386\', and then I run: 'R CMD SHLIB C:\trial.c'. However, nothing happened, no trial.dll, nothing.
Really nothing? Not even an error message? Then, I tried with: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll
C:\trial.c', but no luck, again. Please, can anyone help me with this? Can I use: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c' under Linux, and expecting working DLL?
I assume you mean "under Windows". I would normally use a forward slash, i.e. C:/trial.c; I don't remember if the R CMD code handles backslashes. (It might treat \t as a tab.) With that change, this should work. One piece of unsolicited advice: I would hardly ever use R CMD SHLIB. Just include the C code in a package, and this is handled automatically by R CMD INSTALL. You won't need the .First.lib if you have a useDynLib() statement in your NAMESPACE. Duncan Murdoch
Hi Petar, did you install the toolset (Rtools) for compiling code for R in windows? See http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset and http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/
Please, can anyone help me with this? Can I use: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c' under Linux, and expecting working DLL?
Of course not, because Windows and Linux libraries differ by more than the filename extension. Once everything is set up, compiling in windows is pretty easy thanks to the toolset. Good luck, Andreas
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On 31/05/2011 7:50 AM, Tom Osborn wrote:
You could use cygwin's cc/gcc, or the Watcom opensource compiler.
Neither of those is supported. Use what the R Admin manual suggests, or you're on your own. Duncan Murdoch
[Watcom used to be a commercial compiler which ceased and has become an open project]. But listen to people who've experienced the options. [Not I]. Cheers, Tom. ----- Original Message ----- From: Petar Milin To: R-HELP Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 9:43 PM Subject: [R] Compiling C-code in Windows Hello ALL! I am an Linux user (Debian testing i386), with very dusty Win-experience. Nevertheless, my colleagues and I are making some package in R, and I built C-routines to speed up things. I followed instruction how to compile C for R (very useful link: http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/~yizwang/software/maxLinear/noteonR.html, and links listed there). Everything works like a charm in Linux. I have *.so and wrapper function from R is doing a right call. However, I wanted to make *.dll library for Win-users. Now, I used my colleague's computer with Win XP on it, and with the latest R. In MS-DOS console, I positioned prompt in 'C;\Program Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\i386\', and then I run: 'R CMD SHLIB C:\trial.c'. However, nothing happened, no trial.dll, nothing. Then, I tried with: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c', but no luck, again. Please, can anyone help me with this? Can I use: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c' under Linux, and expecting working DLL? Best, PM
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Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 11:37:56 -0400 From: murdoch.duncan at gmail.com To: tom.osborn at iinet.net.au CC: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch; pmilin at ff.uns.ac.rs
On 31/05/2011 7:50 AM, Tom Osborn wrote:
You could use cygwin's cc/gcc, or the Watcom opensource compiler.
Neither of those is supported. Use what the R Admin manual suggests, or you're on your own.
I have had fairly good luck with cygwin or mingw but you may need to have a few conditionals etc. Not sure what R suggests but cygwin should work.
Duncan Murdoch
[Watcom used to be a commercial compiler which ceased and has become an open project]. But listen to people who've experienced the options. [Not I]. Cheers, Tom. ----- Original Message ----- From: Petar Milin To: R-HELP Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 9:43 PM
Hello ALL! I am an Linux user (Debian testing i386), with very dusty Win-experience. Nevertheless, my colleagues and I are making some package in R, and I built C-routines to speed up things. I followed instruction how to compile C for R (very useful link: http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/~yizwang/software/maxLinear/noteonR.html, and links listed there). Everything works like a charm in Linux. I have *.so and wrapper function from R is doing a right call. However, I wanted to make *.dll library for Win-users. Now, I used my colleague's computer with Win XP on it, and with the latest R. In MS-DOS console, I positioned prompt in 'C;\Program Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\i386\', and then I run: 'R CMD SHLIB C:\trial.c'. However, nothing happened, no trial.dll, nothing. Then, I tried with: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c', but no luck, again. Please, can anyone help me with this? Can I use: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c' under Linux, and expecting working DLL? Best, PM
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On 11-05-31 12:24 PM, Mike Marchywka wrote:
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Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 11:37:56 -0400 From: murdoch.duncan at gmail.com To: tom.osborn at iinet.net.au CC: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch; pmilin at ff.uns.ac.rs Subject: Re: [R] Compiling C-code in Windows On 31/05/2011 7:50 AM, Tom Osborn wrote:
You could use cygwin's cc/gcc, or the Watcom opensource compiler.
Neither of those is supported. Use what the R Admin manual suggests, or you're on your own.
I have had fairly good luck with cygwin or mingw but you may need to have a few conditionals etc. Not sure what R suggests but cygwin should work.
The MinGW compilers are the recommended ones. If you use Cygwin, you'll need to provide the Cygwin DLLs as well, and those may clash with others on the user's system, so I wouldn't recommend it. Duncan Murdoch
Duncan Murdoch
[Watcom used to be a commercial compiler which ceased and has become an open project]. But listen to people who've experienced the options. [Not I]. Cheers, Tom. ----- Original Message ----- From: Petar Milin To: R-HELP Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 9:43 PM Subject: [R] Compiling C-code in Windows Hello ALL! I am an Linux user (Debian testing i386), with very dusty Win-experience. Nevertheless, my colleagues and I are making some package in R, and I built C-routines to speed up things. I followed instruction how to compile C for R (very useful link: http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/~yizwang/software/maxLinear/noteonR.html, and links listed there). Everything works like a charm in Linux. I have *.so and wrapper function from R is doing a right call. However, I wanted to make *.dll library for Win-users. Now, I used my colleague's computer with Win XP on it, and with the latest R. In MS-DOS console, I positioned prompt in 'C;\Program Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\i386\', and then I run: 'R CMD SHLIB C:\trial.c'. However, nothing happened, no trial.dll, nothing. Then, I tried with: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c', but no luck, again. Please, can anyone help me with this? Can I use: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c' under Linux, and expecting working DLL? Best, PM
______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
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Try CC=gcc -mno-cygwin to avoid linking with the Cygwin dlls. Thanks, Dale Smith, Ph.D. Senior Financial Quantitative Analyst Risk & Compliance Fiserv. 107 Technology Park Norcross, GA 30092 Direct NYC: 212-419-3242 Direct Norcross: 678-375-5315 Mobile: 678-982-6599 Mail: dale.smith at fiserv.com www.fiserv.com -----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Duncan Murdoch Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:33 PM To: Mike Marchywka Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch; pmilin at ff.uns.ac.rs Subject: Re: [R] Compiling C-code in Windows
On 11-05-31 12:24 PM, Mike Marchywka wrote:
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Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 11:37:56 -0400 From: murdoch.duncan at gmail.com To: tom.osborn at iinet.net.au CC: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch; pmilin at ff.uns.ac.rs Subject: Re: [R] Compiling C-code in Windows On 31/05/2011 7:50 AM, Tom Osborn wrote:
You could use cygwin's cc/gcc, or the Watcom opensource compiler.
Neither of those is supported. Use what the R Admin manual suggests,
or
you're on your own.
I have had fairly good luck with cygwin or mingw but you may need to have a few conditionals etc. Not sure what R suggests but cygwin
should
work.
The MinGW compilers are the recommended ones. If you use Cygwin, you'll need to provide the Cygwin DLLs as well, and those may clash with others on the user's system, so I wouldn't recommend it. Duncan Murdoch
Duncan Murdoch
[Watcom used to be a commercial compiler which ceased and has become an open project]. But listen to people who've experienced the options. [Not I]. Cheers, Tom. ----- Original Message ----- From: Petar Milin To: R-HELP Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 9:43 PM Subject: [R] Compiling C-code in Windows Hello ALL! I am an Linux user (Debian testing i386), with very dusty Win-experience. Nevertheless, my colleagues and I are making some package in R, and I built C-routines to speed up things. I followed instruction how to compile C for R (very useful link:
http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/~yizwang/software/maxLinear/noteonR.html,
and links listed there). Everything works like a charm in Linux. I
have
*.so and wrapper function from R is doing a right call. However, I wanted to make *.dll library for Win-users. Now, I used
my
colleague's computer with Win XP on it, and with the latest R. In
MS-DOS
console, I positioned prompt in 'C;\Program
Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\i386\',
and then I run: 'R CMD SHLIB C:\trial.c'. However, nothing happened,
no
trial.dll, nothing. Then, I tried with: 'R CMD SHLIB
--output=trial.dll
C:\trial.c', but no luck, again. Please, can anyone help me with this? Can I use: 'R CMD SHLIB --output=trial.dll C:\trial.c' under Linux, and expecting working
DLL?
Best, PM
______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.