# Protocol buffers library as an R package This package provides the C++ headers and static library of Protocol buffers 2.6.0 for other R packages to compile and link against. Here is the instructions of using it: ### Install the package ```r devtools::install_github("RGLab/RProtoBufLib") ``` ### Modified **DESCRIPTION** file - add `RProtoBufLib` to `LinkingTo` field so that the user package knows where to find the headers ``` LinkingTo: Rcpp, RProtoBufLib ``` ### Modified **src/Makevars** file - point the linker to the `libprotobuf.a` file so that the user package will statically linked to it. ```bash PKG_LIBS =`${R_HOME}/bin/Rscript -e "RProtoBufLib::LdFlags()"` ```