{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/66","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/66/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/66/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/66/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/66","id":106519113,"number":66,"title":"Windows dependency on curl","user":{"login":"jeroenooms","id":216319,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/216319?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jeroenooms","html_url":"https://github.com/jeroenooms","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jeroenooms/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jeroenooms/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jeroenooms/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jeroenooms/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jeroenooms/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jeroenooms/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jeroenooms/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jeroenooms/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jeroenooms/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-09-15T09:33:57Z","updated_at":"2015-10-02T11:38:25Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The `Rblpapi` fails check on my windows box due to missing `curl` program. I know this tool happens to be installed on the cran build server, but it is not part of the standard windows tool kit. \r\n\r\n```\r\n* installing *source* package 'Rblpapi' ...\r\n** package 'Rblpapi' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked\r\n** libs\r\nmake: curl: Command not found\r\nmake: *** [blpLibrary] Error 127\r\nWarning: running command 'make -f \"Makevars.win\" -f \"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-EXPE~1/etc/x64/Makeconf\" -f \"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-EXPE~1/share/make/winshlib.mk\" CXX='$(CXX1X) $(CXX1XSTD)' CXXFLAGS='$(CXX1XFLAGS)' CXXPICFLAGS='$(CXX1XPICFLAGS)' SHLIB_LDFLAGS='$(SHLIB_CXX1XLDFLAGS)' SHLIB_LD='$(SHLIB_CXX1XLD)' SHLIB=\"Rblpapi.dll\" WIN=64 TCLBIN=64 OBJECTS=\"RcppExports.o authenticate.o bdh.o bdp.o bds.o blpConnect.o blpapi_utils.o fieldsearch.o getBars.o getTicks.o\"' had status 2\r\n```\r\n\r\nIf you want this package to build on non-cran windows, it is safer to use `R -e \"download.file(.....)\"` or `R -e \"curl::curl_download(.....)\"` or similar. If you don't care, feel free to close.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/comments/144995892","html_url":"https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/66#issuecomment-144995892","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/66","id":144995892,"user":{"login":"eddelbuettel","id":673121,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/673121?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/eddelbuettel","html_url":"https://github.com/eddelbuettel","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eddelbuettel/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eddelbuettel/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eddelbuettel/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eddelbuettel/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eddelbuettel/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eddelbuettel/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eddelbuettel/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eddelbuettel/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eddelbuettel/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-02T11:38:25Z","updated_at":"2015-10-02T11:38:25Z","body":"Not sure how much I care.  Needed this on Windows, installed a curl binary from the curl webpage.\r\n\r\nClearly lower priority.  "}}