[ARROW-10059] [R][Doc] Give more advice on how to set up C++ build

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: Documentation, R
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/26080
• Assignee: Neal Richardson
• Reporter: Neal Richardson
• Created: 21/Sep/20 23:09
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:10
• Resolved: 25/Sep/20 15:59

Description

I'd like to add a function to help do some of this in a way that's tailored to the user's platform, but improving the README is a start. Stuff like which cmake flags need to be on for the R package, etc.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #8235