[R] R "sumo" package suggestion

[A.J. Rossini]

Let them fail.   Not all of the elisp code installed is self contained
in the XEmacs bundles, but you won't use or know about them if you
don't care.

That's exactly what that snippet that I wrote before did -- ignored errors. 

best,
-tony


On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:59:09 -0500, Liaw, Andy <andy_liaw at merck.com> wrote:
> Good idea, IMHO, but there are some practical difficulties:
> 
> I guess the XEmacs packages are (most, if not all) pure elisp code, and do
> not need other stuff to work.  However, quite a few CRAN packages depend on
> external libraries or programs, and do not necessarily work on all platforms
> that R runs on.  How would such dependencies be resolved in such a kitchen
> sink bundle?
> 
> I have a somewhat related idea:  Start labelling packages with a set of
> pre-defined categories, and a package can be labelled with more than one
> categories (especially those *misc type packages).  It is then possible to
> have facility to let people install all packages that fall in a particular
> category (e.g., `spatial statistics').  I believe several systems have such
> facilities, Debian being one of them, TeXLive being another.
> 
> Just my $0.02...
> 
> Andy
> 
> > From: Rodney Sparapani
> 
> 
> >
> > r-help:
> >
> > I have an R package suggestion.  After spending
> > several hours the other day installing about a dozen
> > packages, I had an idea.  In xemacs, there is a
> > "sumo" package which allows me to install a large
> > bundle of xemacs packages at one time (about a 120
> > modes including ESS).  I think R should have a
> > similar bundle.  It would be so much easier than
> > hunting/downloading/installing.  Martin encouraged
> > me to send this suggestion to r-help.  In addition,
> > he put together a few comments relating to the previous
> > times that this, or a similar suggestion, has been
> > brought up here.
> >
> > Martin wrote:
> >
> > If you search for "install all CRAN packages"
> > on
> >       http://maths.newcastle.edu.au/~rking/R/
> >
> > (the URL which is quickly found from the [Search] sidebar of
> > http://www.R-project.org/)
> >
> > You find things like Greg Warnes 'Makefile'
> > http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/04/04/0723.html
> > and
> > http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/04/04/0616.html
> > which is from Tony and has the following small function:
> >
> >   installNewCRANPackages <- function() {
> >     ## (C) A.J. Rossini, 2002--2004
> >     test2 <- packageStatus()$avail["Status"]
> >
> > install.packages(row.names(test2)[which(test2$Status=="not
> > installed")])
> >   }
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > Rodney Sparapani              Medical College of Wisconsin
> > Sr. Biostatistician           Patient Care & Outcomes Research
> > rsparapa at mcw.edu              http://www.mcw.edu/pcor
> > Was 'Name That Tune' rigged?  WWLD -- What Would Lombardi Do
> >
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best,
-tony

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