Compile a .dll/.so from source.

compile_dll performs a fake R CMD install so code that works here should work with a regular install (and vice versa). During compilation, debug flags are set with compiler_flags(TRUE).

compile_dll(
  path = ".",
  force = FALSE,
  compile_attributes = pkg_links_to_cpp11(path) || pkg_links_to_rcpp(path),
  register_routines = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE,
  debug = TRUE
)

Arguments

path: Path to a package, or within a package.
force: If TRUE, for compilation even if needs_compile() is FALSE.
compile_attributes: if TRUE and the package uses Rcpp, call Rcpp::compileAttributes() before building the package. It is ignored if package does not need compilation.
register_routines: if TRUE and the package does not use Rcpp, call register routines with tools::package_native_routine_registration_skeleton() before building the package. It is ignored if package does not need compilation.
quiet: if TRUE suppresses output from this function.
debug: If TRUE, and if no user Makevars is found, then the build runs without optimisation (-O0) and with debug symbols (-g). See compiler_flags() for details. If you have a user Makevars (e.g., ~/.R/Makevars) then this argument is ignored.

Details

Invisibly returns the names of the DLL.

Configuration

Options

pkg.build_extra_flags: set this to FALSE to to opt out from adding debug compiler flags in compile_dll(). Takes precedence over the PKG_BUILD_EXTRA_FLAGS environment variable. Possible values:
- TRUE: add extra flags,
- FALSE: do not add extra flags,
- "missing": add extra flags if the user does not have a $HOME/.R/Makevars file.

Environment variables

PKG_BUILD_EXTRA_FLAGS: set this to false to to opt out from adding debug compiler flags in compile_dll(). The pkg.build_extra_flags option takes precedence over this environment variable. Possible values:
- "true": add extra flags,
- "false": do not add extra flags,
- "missing": add extra flags if the user does not have a $HOME/.R/Makevars file.

Note

If this is used to compile code that uses Rcpp, you will need to add the following line to your Makevars file so that it knows where to find the Rcpp headers: