> I'm creating my own package for personal and I'm having trouble
> getting it to a point where R (v 2.3.1) will recognise it.  I've
> followed two different tutorials for how to create the package
> structure and the DESCRIPTION file (
> http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~wand/webcpdg/rpack.html ,
>
http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/~maman/computerstuff/Rhelp/Rpackages.html#Lin-Lin
> .  I'm still getting errors where when I try to load the library in R
> by using library(samp) I get an error:
>
> Error in library(samp) : 'samp' is not a valid package -- installed <
2.0.0?

I'm going out on a limb, here, but others were quick to offer me advice and
I didn't yet see
a reply to your query.  I assume (from the links you provide and the use of
sudo) that you
are working in Linux.  Your R CMD check fails to find latex, which would be
my first cause
for concern.  Either you have an old or unusual linux system (unlikely) or
there appears to
be a path problem (much more likely are probably related to using sudo).
That is worth
tracking down, though it probably isn't the primary (or even the most
R-specific) problem.

I don't think the problem is related to the contents of your files, per se,
but rather the
organization of the files and folders in the source package.  I had success
starting with
package.skeleton() and working from there.  The error about "only *source*
packages
can be checked" is something I encountered once when I tried R CMD check on
a
binary package rather than a source package (a binary package would be
produced
by "R CMD build --binary packagename" once you get to that point), and a
source package
is a beast of the form produced by package.skeleton().

I'm a newbie to making packages myself, and apologize for any inaccuracies
or errors
above (and please correct me, folks)!

Regards,

Jay


-- 
John W. Emerson (Jay)
Assistant Professor of Statistics
Yale University
http://www.stat.yale.edu/~jay

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