[igraph] building igraph in R using a local copy of the C library

[Jason Cory Brunson]

Hi,

I would like to be able to build the igraph package in R using a local 
copy of the C library in a sandbox directory (i.e. not where libraries 
are installed by default), for the purpose of writing additional 
functions in the C library to call in R (python would be OK too).

A friend with more programming experience tried to help me, but ran into 
trouble early on. So i wonder if there's a straightforward sequence of 
steps i should take, or if a walkthrough is posted somewhere—or if this 
is simply not something someone not fluent in C should be doing.

I did not see anything in the list archives. Thanks for any help.

Cory