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Protocol buffers library as an R package

This package provides the C++ headers and static library of Protocol buffers 2.6.0 for other R packages to compile and link against. Here is the instructions of using it:

Install the package

devtools::install_github("RGLab/RProtoBufLib")

Modified DESCRIPTION file

  • add RProtoBufLib to LinkingTo field so that the user package knows where to find the headers
LinkingTo: Rcpp, RProtoBufLib

Modified src/Makevars file

  • point the linker to the libprotobuf.a file so that the user package will statically linked to it.
PKG_LIBS =`${R_HOME}/bin/Rscript -e "RProtoBufLib::LdFlags()"`