[R] Work with packages without using R CMD build/install

[Gabor Grothendieck]

If you don't use a namespace then you can use R CMD to build and
install it at the beginning and then as you make changes just source()
the changed .R files from the R source directory.  That will let you run
with those changes before they have been built and installed.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:12 AM, KarstenW <K.Weinert at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> for my small project I would like to organize the data, functions and
> documentation as a package.
>
> I have already created a skeleton directory structure with DESCRIPTION file
> and put some files in the R, man and data subdirectories.
>
> Now I would like to work on the package without calling R CMD build/install
> after each change. In fact, I do not have the build tools installed yet (I
> am on Windows) and hope to get along without them (using r-forge).
> Currently, I do not plan to use C or Fortran extensions.
>
> But when I run in the R (2.7.2) console
>
>> library(mypkg, lib.loc="mypath")
>
> the system answers that there is no package named 'mypkg'.
>
> Is it possible to use the package infrastructure without calling R CMD ...
> after each change?
>
> Kind regards,
> Karsten Weinert.
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