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What is the proper way, to include a static PDF file as a "vignette" in a CRAN package as of R 3.0? The trick described in this document of using an empty stub Rnw does not seem to work in R 3.0. The document suggests that there is now a better way based on \VignetteEngine{} but it's not quite clear how this works for static PDF files. With R.rsp (>= 1.19.0) you can include a static PDF 'vignettes/main.pdf' by adding a tiny 'vignettes/main.pdf.asis' text file that contains: %\VignetteIndexEntry{My amazing package} %\VignetteEngine{R.rsp::asis} and make sure to have: Suggests: R.rsp

Just confirming: If I distribute my R package as ZIP/TAR then installing the package will not automatically download/install dependencies because I have to set repos = NULL in install.packages() and dependencies parameter is not used if repos = NULL ? The way to possibly get this to work is to package an install script. Is that possible? Am I completely missing something here and there is a mechanism to install from source AND automagically download and install dependencies? You could make your own repository and set repos to be a vector of the places to look for packages, where it would start

What is a good way of defining a general purpose function which should have implementations for both S3 and S4 classes? I have been using something like this: setGeneric("myfun", function(x, ...){ standardGeneric("myfun"); }); setMethod("myfun", "ANY", function(x, ...) { if(!isS4(x)) { return(UseMethod("myfun")); } stop("No implementation found for class: ", class(x)); }); This succeeds: myfun.bar <- function(x, ...){ return("Object of class bar successfully dispatched."); } object <- structure(123, class=c("foo", "bar")); myfun(object) Is there a move "native" way to accomplish this? I know

When installing R packages (say mcmcpack in this example) under Ubuntu I have the choice between the following two methods of installation: # Let the distribution's packaging system take care of installation/upgrades apt-get install r-cran-mcmcpack # Let R take care of installation/upgrades install.packages("mcmcpack") Questions: Is any of the two ways of installing R packages considered "best practice"? Assume that I first install.packages("mcmcpack") and later on apt-get install r-cran-mcmcpack - should I expect trouble? Assume that I first apt-get install r-cran-mcmcpack and later on

I develop a package in R and when I check and build it in my local computer it works properly. But when I tried it in CRAN, I get a package dependencies error. My package depends on two functions of other packages. If I list the other packages under the description using Depends or imports , will it be automatically installed with the new package? Or do I need to explicitly invoke the function install.packages("packagename") under the function that I've used the other packages. if this all is wrong, what is the best way to solve package dependencies in R inorder to pass the R CMD check and

How can I set a specific CRAN mirror permanently in R? I want to set it permanently in my laptop so that when I do install.packages() , it won't ask me again which mirror to choose. rinni You can set repos in your .Rprofile to restore your choice every time you start R Edit: to be more precise: Add options(repos=structure(c(CRAN="YOUR FAVORITE MIRROR"))) to your .Rprofile Alternatively, you can set the mirror site-wide in your Rprofile.site . The location of the file is given by ?Startup : The path of this file is taken from the value of the R_PROFILE environment variable (after tilde

I'm trying to install a package through the R prompt by doing the following: install.packages('RMySQL') But the output is as follows: --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- And nothing else! I can't find a solution to this very basic problem. What am I supposed to type in order to select a CRAN mirror? EDIT: OS: Mac-OS X 10.6.8 R Version: 2.15.0 You should either get a window with a list of repositories or a text menu with some options. But if that is not appearing, you can always specify the mirror from where to download the packages yourself by using repos parameter. By