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I have got betaversion from website. The only available is windows installation as mybetapackage.zip file. When I installed the package, it does not work when I load it.

> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
> require(mypackage)
Loading required package: mypackage
Failed with error:  ‘package ‘mypackage’ does not have a NAMESPACE and should be re-installed’

Is it possible to use this beta package someway ?

Edits:

I tried the following instructions to create own namespace. Namespace file contains the following: 

exportPattern("^[^\\.]")

Now I am getting following warning.

Warning message:
In readLines(file) :
  incomplete final line found on 'C:/Users/user/Documents/R/win-library/2.14/RCropStat/NAMESPACE
jon
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  • You can manually add the namespace in yourself. I remember when this requirement was part of R I asked a question on here about namespaces and they can be added manually. Hadely had written a bit about it. A search here should give you info about adding it; if I recall it's a manipulation to one of the documents in the directories. – Tyler Rinker Apr 20 '12 at 02:00
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    Building from source would work. However, if you only have the Windows binary zip, you could try this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8012596/error-with-asreml-d-package-in-r-2-14-0/8014357#8014357 – jthetzel Apr 20 '12 at 02:01
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    Regarding "incomplete final line", if the package loads, I think that warning can be safely ignored. To get rid of it, try adding an additional blank line or two at the end of the `NAMESPACE` file. I believe the warning is due to a lack of EOL or EOF character at the end of the `NAMESPACE` file, see here for example: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/incomplete-final-line-found-warning-td4181838.html – jthetzel Apr 20 '12 at 02:38
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    The readLines warning might just be if the file doesn't end with a blank line. What happens if you add an extra line break at the end of your NAMESPACE file? – David Diez Apr 20 '12 at 14:44

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Based on the discussion above I am answering my own questions. All credit goes to who discussed this issue.

Create a file with the following text and put an extra line to avoid an error. Same in the directory for the package where you have description file.

exportPattern("^[^\\.]")
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