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¶
Dependencies¶
Special Update/Build Instructions¶
Patches¶
setup.patch: takes care of a few parsing issues.
cygwin.patch: let rpy2 build on Cygwin.
Type¶
standard
Equivalent System Packages¶
conda:
$ conda install rpy2
See https://repology.org/project/rpy2/versions
However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution; see https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29023