[Rcpp-devel] libRInside.a and "base package"

[Dan Murphy]

I am absolutely willing to work with you on this (Windows expert?
perhaps not yet). I really appreciate your help!

I think I followed the steps you outlined -- or at least (hopefully)
can figure it out when I have the time to look at it later tonight.
But I'm not sure I know how to rebuild RInside_0.2.7 locally from the
.tar.gz". I spent hours researching how to do that with Rcpp without
success. I don't have my development machine with me now, but do I
just go to the src directory and
make --no-multiarch -f makefile.win
?
Of course, I will set
R_ARCH := --arch x64
and
RINSIDELIBS=../../lib/x64/libRInside.a
inside makefile.win beforehand.

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
>
> On 4 September 2012 at 14:48, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> |
> | On 3 September 2012 at 23:44, Dan Murphy wrote:
> | | I copied the six dll's from C:\R\R-2.15.1\bin\i386 to
> | | C:\R\R-2.15.1\library\RInside\examples\standard before running make
> | | (just to be sure). Then
> | |
> | | make -f makevars.win
> | |
> | | ran without error, but
> | |
> | | C:\R\R-2.15.1\library\RInside\examples\standard>rinside_sample0
> | |
> | | gave the same  "Fatal error: unable to open the base package".
> | |
> | | No one else has suggested any solution.
> |
> | I think (but I am not windows expert) this hints at a 32 bit / 64 bit mismatch.
> |
> | | Thinking the error was probably thrown in Rcpp, I thought maybe I
> | | should try building Rcpp from source, so I downloaded the latest
> | | package and ran
> | | R CMD INSTALL --build rcpp_0.9.13.tar.gz
> | |
> | | but that did not eliminate the fatal error. I'm out of ideas.
> |
> | It stumped me too today. I didn't have too much time for this but here is
> | quick run-down
> |
> |   i)    I think RInside_0.2.7.zip as shipped for Windows is in fact deficient
> |         in the sense that it should have, but doesn't have, a static library
> |       for 64 bit use.
> |
> |   ii)   So I rebuilt RInside_0.2.7 locally from the .tar.gz, opting for
> |         the --no-multiarch flag to ensure I get a 64 bit build.
> |
> |   iii)  I then noticed that using Makefile.win results in an incomplete /
> |         wrong call for libRinside.a.  As a stop-gap measure, I fixed this via
> |            RINSIDELIBS=../../lib/x64/libRInside.a
>
> PS  I also set   R_ARCH := --arch x64    by uncommenting that entry.
>
> Dirk
>
> |
> |   iv)   With those changes / fixes, 'make -f Makefile.win' works and results
> |         in working executables.  I didn't have to copy any dlls into the
> |         working directory.
> |
> | I hope to make some time over the next few weeks to address i) and iii).
> | Help from experienced Windows users would certainly be appreciated :)
> |
> | Dirk
> |
> |
> |
> |
> |
> | --
> | Dirk Eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com
>
> --
> Dirk Eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com