This package provides an R interface to the header-only C++ CGAL version 4 library
This package is using the latest release of the version 4 of CGAL.
Install
Install the development version with the remotes R package
remotes::install_gitlab("dickoa/cgal4h")
Using cgal4h
In order to use cgal4h in your own R package, you need to add it to the LinkingTo field in the DESCRIPTION field of R package. You also need to have the following C++ compiler flag.
-DCGAL_HEADER_ONLY=ON
You will have more information on how to use CGAL 4 in header-only mode in your own code in the official documentation.
If you are using Rcpp don’t forget to add a dependency to cgal4h to your cpp files before a call to #include <Rcpp.h>
// [[Rcpp::depends(cgal4h)]] #include <Rcpp.h>
Missing headers
Because of portability issues not all headers are included in this package, the following components are currently missing:
CGAL/Algebraic_kernel_for_circlesCGAL/Algebraic_kernel_for_spheresPolygon_mesh_processing/internalCGAL/Shape_detection/
If you want to use them, please raise an issue.
License
This package is provided under the GPL-3.
The CGAL library uses the dual license GPL-3. | LGPL-3. More information can be found at https://www.cgal.org/license.html.
