Hi,

You should  take the following steps: 1) upgrade R, 2) specify
VignetteBuilder: knitr in your DESCRIPTION file, 3) check how other CRAN
packages using knitr do it (e.g. knitr itself). No makefile is needed, that
was a temporary workaround, now irrelevant.

HTH,

baptiste


On 20 February 2014 11:45, Søren Højsgaard <sorenh@math.aau.dk> wrote:

> Guillermino,
>
> Sorry but I've never made it beyond Sweave in connection with R packages;
> we will have to wait for more insight from others.
>
> Søren
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guillermo.Vinue@uv.es [mailto:Guillermo.Vinue@uv.es]
> Sent: 20. februar 2014 15:43
> To: Søren Højsgaard
> Cc: r-devel@r-project.org
> Subject: RE: [Rd] Where to put package vignettes
>
> Dear Søren,
>
> Thank you very much for your answer, it solved my problem and now my
> package can be installed both on Linux and Windows and the vignette is
> available in both systems. I put the vignette in /vignettes.
>
> However, unfortunately my problems have not ended here. As mentioned, my
> vignette is built with knitr and with the following commands:
>
> 1) R CMD check foo
> 2) R CMD build foo
> 3) R CMD INSTALL foo_xxx.tar.gz
>
> the vignette is built with Sweave!
>
> I have read in http://yihui.name/knitr/demo/vignette/ that in that case,
> a Makefile should be incorporated.
>
> I have incorporated in /inst/doc the makefile from
> https://github.com/yihui/knitr/blob/7eb34104/inst/doc/Makefile
>
> however, my vignette is still built with Sweave. I use R 2.15.2.
>
> How can I fix this performance?.
>
> Thank you very much again.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Guillermo
>
> > My understanding is this:
> >
> > 1) Put vignettes files (.Rnw files) in the /vignettes subdirectory. 2)
> Build the package foo with R CMD build foo. 3) Install the package with R
> CMD INSTALL foo_xxx.tar.gz
> >
> > Then the vignettes will be available. However you can also install the
> package with R CMD INSTALL foo, but then the vignettes will *not* be
> available (because it is in the build process that the vignettes go from
> /vignettes to /inst/doc)
> >
> > Regards
> > Søren
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-devel-bounces@r-project.org
> [mailto:r-devel-bounces@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Guillermo.Vinue@uv.es
> > Sent: 20. februar 2014 12:19
> > To: r-devel@r-project.org
> > Subject: [Rd] Where to put package vignettes
> >
> > Dear R-devel list,
> >
> > My name is Guillermo Vinué. I have created an R package that includes
> a vignette. Earlier on, to test my package, I tried to install it both in
> Linux and Windows and it worked. My vignette was in /inst/doc.
> >
> > Now, I have finished for good and before submitting my package to CRAN
> I've tried to install it again first in Linux and then in Windows (I
> removed that first installation some time ago).
> >
> > My package was succesfully installed in Linux (Fedora 18 and R 2.15.2)
> and the vignette was available. However, when trying to install it in
> Windows (R 3.0.2), unfortunately the vignette didn't appear. My vignette is
> build with knitr.
> >
> > In fact, if I first install the package on Windows, the vignette is
> accesible, but then in Linux, not.
> >
> > I have read that as from R 2.14.0 the preferred location for the
> Sweave sources is the subdirectory vignettes of the source packages, but
> for compatibility with earlier versions of R, vignette sources will be
> looked for in inst/doc if vignettes does not exist.
> >
> > Where do I have to put my vignette so that it could be available with
> any installation and which files (.Rnw or .pdf) should be included?.
> >
> > I hope you can clarify my doubts. I have seen the collection of prior
> postings to the list, but I have not found a specifical answer to my
> doubts .
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Guillermo
> >
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