Building R from source on Windows

winbuild.txt

# Outline for building R from source on Windows (7)
# http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#Building-from-source

# Pre-built Windows R-Devel binary: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html

# possibly helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25451705/build-r-source-code-from-windows

# install Rtools
# http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/
# install Inno Setup (Unicode version)
# http://jrsoftware.org/

# obtain source tarball
# save to R_HOME directory
# decompress (using correct file name):
tar --no-same-owner -xf R-3.1.1.tar.gz

# set TMPDIR ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
set TMPDIR=C:/Windows/Temp

# tcl/tk support
# install tcl from here: http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/R30x.html

# graphics libraries
cd C:/Program Files/R/R-devel/src/gnuwin32/bitmap/
# get sources from:
# http://www.libpng.org/
# http://www.ijg.org/
# http://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/

tar -zxf libpng-1.6.12.tar.gz
mv libpng-1.6.12 libpng
tar -zxf jpegsrc.v9a.tar.gz
tar -zxf tiff-4.0.3.tar.gz
mv tiff-4.0.3/libtiff .
rm -rf tiff-4.0.3

# compile
cd ../
make all recommended

# graphics
make bitmapdll
make cairodevices

# checks
make check
make check-recommended

# manuals
make manuals

# finish
make distribution
make check-all

# 32-bit build
make 32-bit
# then building 64-bit R with the macro HOME32 set in file MkRules.local to the top-level directory of the 32-bit build
# 64-bit build
make rinstaller

# test build
Rterm --vanilla

# in Rterm:
Sys.setenv(LC_COLLATE = "C", LANGUAGE = "en")
library("tools")
testInstalledBasic("both")
testInstalledPackages(scope = "base", errorsAreFatal = FALSE)
testInstalledPackages(scope = "recommended", errorsAreFatal = FALSE)