.. _spkg_rpy2_rinterface:

rpy2_rinterface: Low-level interface from Python to R
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Description
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rpy2-rinterface provides the low-level CFFI-based interface between
Python and the R statistical computing environment. It handles the
embedding of R within a Python process and the translation of data
structures between the two languages.

This package was split out from rpy2 starting with version 3.6.

License
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GPL-2.0-or-later

Upstream Contact
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https://pypi.org/project/rpy2-rinterface/

Type
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optional


Dependencies
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- $(PYTHON)
- $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN)
- :ref:`spkg_cffi`
- :ref:`spkg_pycparser`

Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    3.6.6


Equivalent System Packages
--------------------------

(none known)

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because ``spkg-configure.m4`` has not been written for this package;
see :issue:`27330` for more information.

