[R] Problem with package development

Nipesh Bajaj bajaj141003 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 3 00:03:58 CEST 2011


Still I am struggling to get some inputs from the experts here :(
Definitely We can shere our experiences once I am done (really, it
seems to me very hard nut to crack!) I strongly feel that related
documentations should be more Statistician-friendly, than some Engg.
guys

Thanks,

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:55 AM, steven mosher <moshersteven at gmail.com> wrote:
> I hope you're successful because I'm having issues as well building a simple
> package on
> windows.  maybe when you're finished  you can share back a step by step
> guide.
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Nipesh Bajaj <bajaj141003 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have run R CMD check trial1 and saw an error. This says that:
>>
>> * checking pdf version of manual without hyperrefs or index  ... ERROR
>> Re-running with no redirection of stdout/stderr.
>> Hmm... looks like a package
>> Error in texi2dvi("Rd2.tex", pdf = (out_ext == "pdf"), quiet = FALSE, :
>> pdflatex is not available
>> Error in running tools:: texi2dvi
>>
>> Does this information hwlp you to suggest something? Please let me
>> know what else I can provide.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Nipesh Bajaj <bajaj141003 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > What else I need to do? In the Read-and-delete-me file following steps
>> > are asked to perform:
>> > * Edit the help file skeletons in 'man', possibly combining help files
>> > for multiple functions.
>> > * Edit the exports in 'NAMESPACE', and add necessary imports.
>> > * Put any C/C++/Fortran code in 'src'.
>> > * If you have compiled code, add a useDynLib() directive to 'NAMESPACE'.
>> > * Run R CMD build to build the package tarball.
>> > * Run R CMD check to check the package tarball.
>> >
>> > I editied the help page for fn1() function (as I already communicated
>> > in previous mail) as follows:
>> > \name{fn1}
>> > \alias{fn1}
>> >
>> > \title{
>> > A function.
>> > }
>> >
>> > \description{
>> > A function.
>> > }
>> >
>> > \usage{
>> > A function.
>> > }
>> >
>> > \arguments{
>> > A function.
>> > }
>> >
>> > \value{
>> > A function.
>> > }
>> >
>> > \author{
>> > \bold{Me}
>> > \cr
>> > \email{Me at me.com}
>> > }
>> >
>> > And regarding th Namespace file, this time I put
>> > "package.skeleton("trial1",namespace = FALSE, code_files =
>> > "f:/trial.r")
>> > "
>> >
>> > I do not have any C/C++ code so I ignored 3rd step.
>> >
>> > then Read-and-delete-me file asking me to build the package, so in
>> > cmd, I run following:
>> > cd C:\R_PackageBuild
>> > Rcmd build –binary trial1
>> >
>> > What I am missing in this entire process? Do you please point me?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Duncan Murdoch
>> > <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On 02/06/2011 2:03 PM, Nipesh Bajaj wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks Prof. Ripley and Duncan for your pointers. Noting down your
>> >>> points I have modified my way of building package and have done
>> >>> following so far:
>> >>>
>> >>> 1. In my C: drive I create one working folder naming "R_PackageBuild"
>> >>> 2. In R console I have written following codes:
>> >>> >  setwd("c:/R_packageBuild")
>> >>> >  package.skeleton("trial1",namespace = TRUE, code_files =
>> >>> > "f:/trial.r")
>> >>> 3. then I opened cmd and wrote following:
>> >>> cd C:\R_PackageBuild
>> >>> Rcmd build –binary trial1
>> >>>
>> >>> This process halted with following error:
>> >>> Error: unexpected symbol in “tools:::.test_load_package(‘trial1′,….)”
>> >>> Execution halted
>> >>> ERROR: loading failed
>> >>>
>> >>> What I have missed in this process? Can you please help me how to
>> >>> solve this issue?
>> >>
>> >> You haven't done the manual changes required between steps 2 and 3.
>> >>  package.skeleton() creates the skeleton of a package; you run it once
>> >> as
>> >> you are starting development, the do a lot of manual updates, described
>> >> on
>> >> the ?package.skeleton help page, and in the  ‘Read-and-delete-me’ file.
>> >>  Once those are done, step 3 should succeed.
>> >>
>> >> Duncan Murdoch
>> >>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> PS: I am sorry I missplet 'Program Files'. Thanks Prof. Ripley for
>> >>> this
>> >>> pointer.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Prof Brian Ripley
>> >>> <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>  wrote:
>> >>> >  On Wed, 1 Jun 2011, Nipesh Bajaj wrote:
>> >>> >
>> >>> >>  I have been struggling for last one hour but not yet any through.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>  However again I recreate the package.skeleton and run R CMD check
>> >>> >> trial3
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>  Here are the errors:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>  warning in dir.create(pkgoutdir, mode = "0755"):
>> >>> >>  cannot create dir 'c:\Program files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\trial3.Rcheck',
>> >>> >>  reason .................
>> >>> >>  Error in printLog(Log, "", text, "\n"): object 'Log' not found
>> >>> >>  Execution haulted
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>  Why I am getting this error? what is that "Log". I will really
>> >>> >>  appreciate if somebody please help me to figure out.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >  R CMD check writes a (in your case) trial3.Rcheck directory, and in
>> >>> > there in
>> >>> >  file 00check.log a copy of the log.  If it cannot create
>> >>> > trial3.Rcheck
>> >>> > it
>> >>> >  cannot write the log.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >  I would be surprised that even on Windows Vista the message was
>> >>> > literally
>> >>> >
>> >>> >>  reason .................
>> >>> >
>> >>> >  but if it was, blame Microsoft for their error messages.
>> >>> >  But
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>  cannot create dir 'c:\Program files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\trial3.Rcheck',
>> >>> >
>> >>> >  is clear enough.  You need to run 'R CMD check' in your user area.
>> >>> >  In case you did this because that is where you though 'R' was, it
>> >>> > is
>> >>> > not the
>> >>> >  correct R.exe.   You may need to add
>> >>> >
>> >>> >  c:\Program Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\i386
>> >>> >
>> >>> >  (assuming 32-bit R) to your path.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >  However, your use of e.g. 'Program files' suggests you are not
>> >>> > accurately
>> >>> >  transmitting the messages you got.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>  Thanks,
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>  On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Nipesh
>> >>> >> Bajaj<bajaj141003 at gmail.com>
>> >>> >>  wrote:
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  Actually partly I followed. Here is the more details what I have
>> >>> >>> done
>> >>> >>> so
>> >>> >>>  far:
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  1. Edit the help file skeletons in 'man', possibly combining help
>> >>> >>>  files for multiple functions.
>> >>> >>>  I have modified with following:
>> >>> >>>  \name{fn1}
>> >>> >>>  \alias{fn1}
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  \title{
>> >>> >>>  A function.
>> >>> >>>  }
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  \description{
>> >>> >>>  A function.
>> >>> >>>  }
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  \usage{
>> >>> >>>  A function.
>> >>> >>>  }
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  \arguments{
>> >>> >>>  A function.
>> >>> >>>  }
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  \value{
>> >>> >>>  A function.
>> >>> >>>  }
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  \author{
>> >>> >>>  \bold{Me}
>> >>> >>>  \cr
>> >>> >>>  \email{Me at me.com}
>> >>> >>>  }
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  2. Edit the exports in 'NAMESPACE', and add necessary imports.
>> >>> >>>  Actually I really do not know what I would do here. In the
>> >>> >>>  corresponding file, only "exportPattern("^[[:alpha:]]+")" is
>> >>> >>> there.
>> >>> >>>  Therefore I put that unaltered.
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  3. Put any C/C++/Fortran code in 'src'.
>> >>> >>>  I do not have any such code
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  4. If you have compiled code, add a useDynLib() directive to
>> >>> >>> 'NAMESPACE'.
>> >>> >>>  Again I do not know what to do, so ingored this step.
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  5. Run R CMD build to build the package tarball.
>> >>> >>>  * Run R CMD check to check the package tarball.
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  I did not follow this step exactly. What I done is, put 'trial3'
>> >>> >>>  folder in R/R-2.13.0bin folder (after above modification), from
>> >>> >>> the
>> >>> >>>  R-working folder. Then just run R CMD INSTALL trial3. However
>> >>> >>>  previously with this job, I could create package effectively.
>> >>> >>> After
>> >>> >>>  updating R to the current version my problem starts.
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  Those are not sufficient?
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  Thanks,
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>  On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Duncan
>> >>> >>> Murdoch<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
>> >>> >>>  wrote:
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>  On 11-05-31 3:36 PM, Nipesh Bajaj wrote:
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>  Dear all, I am having a strage problem while I was trying to
>> >>> >>>>> build
>> >>> >>>>> a
>> >>> >>>>>  package. Here is my package skeleton:
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>  fn1<- Vectorize(function(x,y,z) {
>> >>> >>>>>                          return(x + y +z)
>> >>> >>>>>                  }, vectorize.args = c("x"), SIMPLIFY = TRUE)
>> >>> >>>>>  package.skeleton("trial3",namespace = TRUE)
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>  Did you follow the instructions that package.skeleton printed?
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>  Duncan Murdoch
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>  However when I tun "R CMD INSTALL trial3" in CMD, the execution
>> >>> >>>>>  stopped with following message:
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>  *** installing help indices
>> >>> >>>>>  ** building package indices...
>> >>> >>>>>  ** testing if install package can be loaded
>> >>> >>>>>  Error: unexpected symbol in
>> >>> >>>>> "tools:::test_load_package(.............."
>> >>> >>>>>  Execution haulted
>> >>> >>>>>  ERROR: loading failed.............
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>  I am using R 2.13.0 in Vista with latest Rtools installed. Can
>> >>> >>>>>  somebody guide me where I have done wrong?
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>  Thanks,
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>  ______________________________________________
>> >>> >>>>>  R-help at r-project.org mailing list
>> >>> >>>>>  https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> >>> >>>>>  PLEASE do read the posting guide
>> >>> >>>>>  http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> >>> >>>>>  and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible
>> >>> >>>>> code.
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>  ______________________________________________
>> >>> >>  R-help at r-project.org mailing list
>> >>> >>  https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> >>> >>  PLEASE do read the posting guide
>> >>> >>  http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> >>> >>  and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >
>> >>> >  --
>> >>> >  Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>> >>> >  Professor of Applied Statistics,
>> >>> >  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
>> >>> >  University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
>> >>> >  1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
>> >>> >  Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
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