[Rcpp-devel] RcppOctave on Windows: testing needed

[Dominick Samperi]

I just installed the binary with Rtools not on my path (but with R in PATH)
and the first time I tried to load/unload RcppOctave I got the obscure
Windows load error (app terminated "in an unusual way"), but now I
cannot reproduce it! If you are linking to the static Rcpp lib there
should be no problems.

I guess the source distribution is not in sync with the binary?


On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 2:11 AM, Renaud <getoxxx at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good. Still wondering why path to Rcpp.dll is needed when installing the
> binary package since RcppOctave.dll is linked static to Rcpp.a with full
> path specified. Most users will use the binary and not build it from source
> (which requires Rtools and possibly more config.
>
> Did you try installing the binary directly from the repo (with only octave
> bin/ in the path, not Rtools nor R)?
>
> Renaud
>
>
> On Monday, October 7, 2013, Dominick Samperi wrote:
>
>> I don't think you need to worry about linking against the .dll files, as
>> the
>> import libraries (.dll.a files) contain all of the information that the
>> linker needs,
>> and you PATH will tell Windows where to find the corresponding dll's.
>> It is possible to link against the dll's without using import libs,
>> but then various tricks have to be used to specify what is
>> exported from each dll.
>>
>> I downloaded the source for 0.10.1 and it seems to build and install
>> ok provided I place Rcpp.dll on PATH. It would save the user some
>> trouble if PATH could be updated automatically, but it is probably not
>> a good idea to have R package installation or startup update the users
>> environment...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Renaud Gaujoux <
>> renaud at mancala.cbio.uct.ac.za> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the details Dominick.
>>> I think I got it working now, by ad Octave bin directory to the path
>>> prior loading RcppOctave library.
>>> I tested it by renaming the Octave root directory into something
>>> different than at building time.
>>>
>>> I added the option to specify Octave path via option octave.path (e.g.,
>>> see ?OctaveInit), so that the package loads fine even if Octave is not
>>> installed/found. The user can also define this option in the .Rprofile if
>>> Octave is not installed in the path by default.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if it works for you:
>>>
>>> install.packages('RcppOctave', repos = c(getOption('repos'), '
>>> http://web.cbio.uct.ac.za/~renaud/CRAN'))
>>> library(RcppOctave)
>>> .O$rand()
>>>
>>> Note that this version (0.10.1) was linked against the .dll.a files, but
>>> will load the .dll files... I will try later to link against the .dll files
>>> as you suggested.
>>>
>>> Bests,
>>> Renaud
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 October 2013 16:24, Dominick Samperi <djsamperi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, I placed Octave bin on my path. This is required to find its dll's
>>>> for the same reason
>>>> that Rcpp libs (directory containing Rcpp.dll) needs to be on PATH. If
>>>> you enable clients
>>>> of RcppOctave.dll to link against functions provided by RcppOctave,
>>>> then these clients
>>>> will have to add the RcppOctave libs directory to their PATH.
>>>>
>>>> The Octave dll's must be in its bin directory due to another Windows
>>>> dll search rule:
>>>> when you run an executable (like octave.exe) that depends on dll's,
>>>> Windows will
>>>> resolve the dependencies when the dll's are in the same directory as
>>>> the executable.
>>>>
>>>> You should be able to link to liboctave-1.dll using '-loctave-1',
>>>> provided the bin
>>>> directory is on your PATH. The gcc '.dll.a' suffix means the file is an
>>>> import library,
>>>> not a static lib or a shared lib. Import libs tell Windows how to
>>>> resolve references
>>>> in the corresponding dll. Windows uses the '.lib' suffix for import
>>>> libs. For your
>>>> purposes you should link against the dll's, not the dll.a's.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Renaud Gaujoux <
>>>> renaud at mancala.cbio.uct.ac.za> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dominick, just to be sure: did you have Octave bin directory in your
>>>>> PATH when you tested the package?
>>>>> Because Octave dlls are also in that directory.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am getting confused on which path/dll is to be used where. Currently
>>>>> I build RcppOctave.dll linking against the dll.a files found in
>>>>> "C:\Octave\Octave3.6.4_gcc4.6.2\lib\octave\3.6.4". But there are .dll files
>>>>> (although named liboctave-1.dll and not liboctave.dll as I would expect) in
>>>>> ""C:\Octave\Octave3.6.4_gcc4.6.2\bin" where octave.exe. and
>>>>> octave-config.exe also live.
>>>>> I had tried loading the .dll.a files with dyn.load in R but got
>>>>> errors. The -1.dll files load fine, and might be the ones I could load
>>>>> manually in .onLoad.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, should I also link using the bin/ path and the -1.dll files?
>>>>>
>>>>> Renaud
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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