---
name: "librdata"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "librdata0t64"
version: "0~20210223+git-85757dc6-2.1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/librdata"
---

# librdata(3)

Manipulating GNU R data with C/C++

## NAME

librdata - Manipulating GNU R data with C/C++

## SYNOPSIS

librdata is a shared object library (\*.so file)

## DESCRIPTION

The librdata shared object library is aimed at providing C/C++ developers an application programming interface for reading and writing R data frames.

## EXAMPLES

- •

  To include files from the librdata library, write an inclusion statement of this sort:

  \#include \<rdata/rdata.h\>

- •

  To link to the rdata library add a linker flag: -lrdata.

- •

  To CMake-find the package: find\_package(RData)

- •

  To CMake-configure the package: find\_package(RDataConfig.cmake)

- •

  To use the pkgconfig system: pkg-config --help pkg-config --libs rdata

## MAN PAGE PRODUCTION

This man page was written by Filippo Rusconi \< \<lopippo@debian.org\> \> with contents excerpted from  \<https://github.com/WizardMac/librdata\> .

## AUTHOR

Filippo Rusconi \<lopippo@debian.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Filippo Rusconi