install rpy2 on Windows7 64bit for Python 2.7

Question

I am trying to build and install rpy2 Python Module. But got an error (see below).

I have R installed in C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.15.0\\ and R.h

Answer 1

My experience (2.7.9 (default, Dec 10 2014, 12:28:03) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]): - all binary installers - apparently rpy2 has unspecified dependencies - have numpy and scipy installed (win_amd64 binaries) with their unspecified dependencies

1. install R, install needed packages
2. install pywin32
3. "pip install singledispatch"
4. "pip install rpy2-2.5.6-cp27-none-win_amd64.whl"
5. update environment, e.g. os.environ['R_HOME'] = r'C:\Program Files\R\R-3.1.3' os.environ['R_USER'] = r'C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\rpy2'