has_compiler: Is a compiler available?

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Is a compiler available?

Description

These functions check if a small C file can be compiled, linked, loaded and executed.

has_compiler() and has_devel() return TRUE or FALSE. check_compiler() and check_devel() throw an error if you don't have developer tools installed. If the "pkgbuild.has_compiler" option is set to TRUE or FALSE, no check is carried out, and the value of the option is used.

The implementation is based on a suggestion by Simon Urbanek. End-users (particularly those on Windows) should generally run check_build_tools() rather than check_compiler().

Usage

has_compiler(debug = FALSE)

check_compiler(debug = FALSE)

Arguments

debug

If TRUE, will print out extra information useful for debugging. If FALSE, it will use result cached from a previous run.

See Also

check_build_tools()

Examples

has_compiler()
check_compiler()

with_build_tools(has_compiler())

pkgbuild documentation built on June 8, 2025, 11:38 a.m.