CRAN

Page: http://cran.r-project.org/package=RcppOctave

The latest release of the package can be installed from source R-forge repository as follows:

install.packages("RcppOctave")

GitHub

Repository: https://github.com/renozao/RcppOctave

The package can be installed from source from the GitHub using the devtools package as follows:

library(devtools)
# latest stable version
install_github('RcppOctave', 'renozao')

# development version
install_github('RcppOctave', 'renozao', 'develop')

Troubleshooting

The above commands will perform a complete build/installation, which may require a complete R development environment. This should be fine for standard unix-based R installations (Linux, Mac), but is cannot be taken for granted on Windows machines.

So if this fails, then try doing a quick install by:

  • skipping vignette generation only with argument build_vignette = FALSE.
  • limiting the installation procedure to the strict necessary with argument quick = TRUE;
library(devtools)
# latest stable version
install_github('RcppOctave', 'renozao', quick = TRUE)
install_github('RcppOctave', 'renozao', build_vignettes = FALSE)

# development version
install_github('RcppOctave', 'renozao', 'develop', quick = TRUE)
install_github('RcppOctave', 'renozao', 'develop', build_vignettes = FALSE)

R-forge

Project: http://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/rcppoctave

The latest automated build of the package can be installed from R-forge repository as follows:

install.packages("RcppOctave", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")

Troubleshooting

This installation method depends on the package's build status on R-forge, which can be checked on the project page > 'R packages' or from R:

'RcppOctave' %in% rownames(available.packages(contrib.url("http://R-Forge.R-project.org")))

Installation on Windows

You will need to have:

  • Rtools: the package contains C++ source files that need to be compiled, which means that Rtools needs to be installed, with its bin/ sub-directory in the system PATH.

    See http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/ for how to install the version of Rtools compatible with your R version;

  • Octave: development was performed using the mingw version of Octave, which can be installed as decribed in the Octave wiki:

    http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Windows#Octave-3.6.4-mingw_.2B_octaveforge_pkgs

    Octave binary bin/ sub-directory (e.g.,C:\Octave\Octave3.6.4\gcc4.6.2\bin}) must be in the system PATH as well, preferably after Rtools own bin/ sub-directory.

Installation on Mac OS

Support for Mac OS is not yet official, but is currently being investigating. Preliminary discussion(s) on how to install and run under Mac can be found here:

http://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/pipermail/rcppoctave-user/2013-October/000024.html

The installation procedure under investigation is based on the Octave version provided by homebrew (http://brew.sh/):

  1. install XCode and its Command Line Tools
  2. install homebrew

  3. add the homebrew/science repository (tap in brewing language):

    $ brew tap homebrew/science $ brew update && brew upgrade $ brew tap –repair #may not be necessary $ brew install gfortran $ brew install octave