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[R-pkg-devel] Package submission with external library

4 messages · Nicolas Hiot, Uwe Ligges, Dirk Eddelbuettel

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Nicolas Hiot
# 
Hello,

I'm the developer of a package for R, it's work fine on my computer  
but when I publish it the installation failed due to the external  
library. My C code needs GSL (GNU Scientific Library), I made an auto  
configuration file and a Makevars but I don't know how to specify to  
CRAN to install the library (I tried "SystemRequirements" in  
DESCRIPTION and I put a comment but that continue to failed :/).

So, how link external library to CRAN submission?

Results:  
https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/170630_105826_COveR_0102/
Project: https://github.com/Neplex/COveR

Thanks,
Nicolas HIOT
Uwe Ligges
# 
1. perhaps the gsl package or some other package already making use of 
gsl can be used? So please make use of available infrastructure.

2. For Windows, the directories with GSL are defined in env vars, see
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/ThirdPartySoftware.html
You can copy ideas of Makevars.win files from other GSL using packages ...

Best,
Uwe Ligges
On 30.06.2017 13:57, Nicolas Hiot wrote:
Nicolas Hiot
# 
Thanks for your reply.

1. I don't want to depend on other packages that implement GSL. (Too  
heavy for my purpose)

2. I used "LIB_GSL" environment variable in my Makevars.win  
(https://github.com/Neplex/COveR/blob/master/src/Makevars.win take  
from GSL package itself) but it seems to not used the Makevars (see  
compiler flags  
https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/170630_105826_COveR_0102/00install.out)

Have you an idea?

Nicolas HIOT

Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> a ?crit?:
Dirk Eddelbuettel
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On 30 June 2017 at 16:13, Nicolas Hiot wrote:
| Thanks for your reply.
| 
| 1. I don't want to depend on other packages that implement GSL. (Too  
| heavy for my purpose)

That is *not* what Uwe suggested.

He suggested you look at _other packages_ which _successfully use the GSL_
which include packages 'gsl', my own 'RcppGSL' and many more.

I cannot agree more with Uwe: you have working examples to work from. Study
them.

| 2. I used "LIB_GSL" environment variable in my Makevars.win  
| (https://github.com/Neplex/COveR/blob/master/src/Makevars.win take  
| from GSL package itself) but it seems to not used the Makevars (see  
| compiler flags  
| https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/170630_105826_COveR_0102/00install.out)
| 
| Have you an idea?

See above. We have many packages building against GSL -- including on
Windows.

Dirk

| 
| Nicolas HIOT
| 
| Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> a ?crit?:
| 
| > 1. perhaps the gsl package or some other package already making use  
| > of gsl can be used? So please make use of available infrastructure.
| >
| > 2. For Windows, the directories with GSL are defined in env vars, see
| > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/ThirdPartySoftware.html
| > You can copy ideas of Makevars.win files from other GSL using packages ...
| >
| > Best,
| > Uwe Ligges
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > On 30.06.2017 13:57, Nicolas Hiot wrote:
| >> Hello,
| >>
| >> I'm the developer of a package for R, it's work fine on my computer  
| >> but when I publish it the installation failed due to the external  
| >> library. My C code needs GSL (GNU Scientific Library), I made an  
| >> auto configuration file and a Makevars but I don't know how to  
| >> specify to CRAN to install the library (I tried  
| >> "SystemRequirements" in DESCRIPTION and I put a comment but that  
| >> continue to failed :/).
| >>
| >> So, how link external library to CRAN submission?
| >>
| >> Results:  
| >> https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/170630_105826_COveR_0102/ Project:  
| >> https://github.com/Neplex/COveR
| >>
| >> Thanks,
| >> Nicolas HIOT
| >>
| >> ______________________________________________
| >> R-package-devel at r-project.org mailing list
| >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
| >
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