[R] FW: How to create a new package?

[Ramon Diaz-Uriarte]

Dear Rita,

Do you want a package just for yourself, or something useful for others, with 
docs, etc? I think the rest of the answers in this thread will help you 
create a "full fledged" package. See also the detailed explanation 
in "Writing R extensions".

If you just want something quick and dirty that allows you to use a bunch of 
functions without using "source" (and thus cluttering your global workspace), 
is easy to move around, etc, you just need a directory structure such as:

SignS2/
SignS2/R/
SignS2/R/SignS2.R
SignS2/DESCRIPTION
SignS2/Changes

(Change SignS2 for the name of your package).

This has no documentation whatsoever. You can get rid of the "changes" file, 
but I put it there to keep track of changes.

Run R CMD check against the directory (of coruse, you'll get warnings about 
missing documentation), and then R CMD build.

Best,

R.


On Thursday 01 June 2006 13:23, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:
> ?package.skeleton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Gabor Grothendieck
> Sent: 01 June 2006 12:20
> To: Rita Sousa
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] FW: How to create a new package?
>
> The minimum is to create a DESCRIPTION file, plus R and man directories
> containing R code and .Rd files respectively. It might help to run  Rcmd
> CHECK mypkg  before installation and fix any problems it finds.
>
> Googling for   creating R package   will locate some tutorials.
>
> On 6/1/06, Rita Sousa <rita.sousa at ine.pt> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm a group of functions and I would like to create a package for load in
> > R. I have created a directory named INE and a directory below that named
> > R, for the files of R functions. A have created the files DESCRIPTION and
> > INDEX in the INE directory. The installation from local zip files, in the
> > R 2.3.0, results but to load the package I get an error like:
> >
> >
> >
> > 'INE' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0?
> >
> >
> >
> > I think that is necessary create a Meta directory with package.rds
> > file, but I don't know make it! I have read the manual 'Writing R
> > Extensions - 1. Creating R packages' but I don't understand the
> > procedure...
> >
> > Can I create it automatically?
> >
> >
> >
> > Could you help me with this?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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