The C++ code was ported to Windows by Daniel Diaz Jan 2012 Steps to install from the package source code tarball: - Install the Rtools (see http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/) In the following I suppose Rtools are installed in c:\Rtools - Launch a Windows command console - Set the PATH to have access to Rtools (Unix tools, gcc x86, gcc x64) PATH=c:\Rtools\bin;c:\Rtools\MinGW\bin;c:\Rtools\MinGW64\bin;%PATH% - If necessary set the PATH to access R, e.g: PATH=c:\R-2.14.1\bin;%PATH% - If necessary install package 'arules'. - Optionally, check the package as follows: SET CYGWIN=nodosfilewarning R CMD check --no-manual arulesSequences_0.2-x.tar.gz There should be no errors and/or warnings. - Install the package as follows: SET CYGWIN=nodosfilewarning R CMD INSTALL arulesSequences_0.2-x.tar.gz