Questions tagged [r-package]

This tag should be used for questions regarding the development of R packages. Do not use this tag to ask questions about the use of R packages. Many common R packages have their own tags for that purpose.

This tag should be used for questions regarding the development of R packages. Do not use this tag to ask questions about the use of R packages. Many common R packages have their own tags for that purpose.

The R Core Team defines a package in the Manual on Writing R Extensions:

A package is a directory of files which extend R, a source package (the master files of a package), or a tarball containing the files of a source package, or an installed package, the result of running R CMD INSTALL on a source package. On some platforms (notably OS X and Windows) there are also binary packages, a zip file or tarball containing the files of an installed package which can be unpacked rather than installing from sources.

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Package Dependencies

I have an R package, that depends on the base64enc library. When I run the source file in the package with Rscript: Rscript analyzer.R it runs just fine. The first line in analyzer.R is: library(base64enc); However, when I run a function from the…
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Shiny server and install packages

Hello I´m started with shiny server and with linux.I have some question about this. First if i want use package like rodbc or shinydashboard in shiny -server where i must install them? Second how can I install them?
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Name space of base package needed?

Writing an R-package I use name spaces to use functions from existing packages, e.g. raster::writeRaster(...). However, I am wondering if functions from the base package have also be used like this, e.g. base::sum(...). This might end up in very…
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