rpy2: Python interface to R

Description

rpy2 is a redesign and rewrite of rpy. It is providing a low-level interface to R, a proposed high-level interface, including wrappers to graphical libraries, as well as R-like structures and functions.

License

• GPL 2+

• Note that we have deleted references to Mozilla PL as an option, which we are allowed to do by the full rpy2 license in order to remain GPL-compatible

Upstream Contact

• https://rpy2.bitbucket.io

Special Update/Build Instructions

Patches

• setup.patch: takes care of a few parsing issues.

• cygwin.patch: let rpy2 build on Cygwin.

Type

standard

Dependencies

• $(PYTHON)

• r: A free software environment for statistical computing and graphics

• cffi: Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code

• tzlocal: Python timezone information for the local timezone

• pytz: Timezone definitions for Python

• jinja2: General purpose template engine for Python

• $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN)

• pycparser: Parser of the C language in Python

Version Information

package-version.txt:

3.4.5

install-requires.txt:

rpy2 >=3.3

Equivalent System Packages

conda:

$ conda install  rpy2

See https://repology.org/project/rpy2/versions

If the system package is installed, ./configure will check whether it can be used.