[R-pkg-devel] Help with CRAN error

[Dev Chakraborty]

Thanks for your suggestion. I do a published book that describes what this
package does. Dev

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 2:44 PM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal <
roy.mendelssohn at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Glad you found the solution.  I would add as an aside,  I have found a
> good vignette is worth the effort.  R docs tend to be like Unix docs,
> relatively short and terse and can be hard for someone not familiar with
> the package what all the options might do.  A good vignette allows you to
> lay out in detail how to use the package,  and to do so in context.
>
> -Roy
>
> > On Feb 4, 2018, at 11:32 AM, Dev Chakraborty <dpc10ster at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Roy,
> >
> > I don't use a knitR file, but my DESCRIPTION file had a field:
> >
> > VignetteBuilder: knitr
> >
> > Deleting this field solved the problem (i.e., got rid of that message in
> my original email)
> >
> > Thanks for all your help.
> >
> > Dev
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal <
> roy.mendelssohn at noaa.gov> wrote:
> > If you can't find the solution yourself,  posting the top matter of your
> vignette file would also help.
> >
> > -Roy
> >
> > > On Feb 4, 2018, at 10:54 AM, Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulrich at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Dev Chakraborty <dpc10ster at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >> Dear All,
> > >>
> > >> I get the following message on running R CMD check -- as - cran:
> > >>
> > >> Package has a VignetteBuilder field but no prebuilt vignette index.
> > >>
> > >> I do not know how to fix this. Any help will be appreciated.
> > >>
> > > I don't know how to fix it either.  That said, often a great first
> > > step is to search for the error.  A Google search for, "Package has a
> > > VignetteBuilder field but no prebuilt vignette index.", which points
> > > to: https://stackoverflow.com/q/30976308.
> > >
> > > And a Google search "VignetteBuilder" has several promising "how to"
> > > results, and there is a "Non-Sweave Vignettes" section of Writing R
> > > Extensions:
> > > https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.
> html#Non_002dSweave-vignettes.
> > >
> > > It will be easier for others to help you if you can do some
> > > investigation on your own and come back with more specifics.
> > >
> > >> Sincerely,
> > >>
> > >> Dev
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Dev Chakraborty, PhD
> > >> Professor of Radiology retired
> > >>
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> > --
> > Dev Chakraborty, PhD
> > Professor of Radiology retired
> > CEO, ExpertCAD Analytics LLC
> > 412-480-7318 (cell)
> > ‭(412) 427-5085‬ (alt. cell)
> > 412-349-5305 (land line)
> >
> > Book website:
> > https://www.crcpress.com/9781482214840
> > Online supplementary material website:
> > https://bitbucket.org/dpc10ster/onlinebookk21778
> > CAD Project website:
> > www.expertcadanalytics.com
> > JAFROC website
> > www.devchakraborty.com
>
> **********************
> "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S.
> Government or NOAA."
> **********************
> Roy Mendelssohn
> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
> NOAA/NMFS
> Environmental Research Division
> Southwest Fisheries Science Center
> ***Note new street address***
> 110 McAllister Way
> Santa Cruz, CA 95060
> Phone: (831)-420-3666
> Fax: (831) 420-3980
> e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn at noaa.gov www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/
>
> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
> "From those who have been given much, much will be expected"
> "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK
> Jr.
>
>


-- 
Dev Chakraborty, PhD
Professor of Radiology retired
CEO, ExpertCAD Analytics LLC
412-480-7318 (cell)
‭(412) 427-5085‬ (alt. cell)
412-349-5305 (land line)

*Book website:*
https://www.crcpress.com/9781482214840
*Online supplementary material website:*
https://bitbucket.org/dpc10ster/onlinebookk21778
<https://www.crcpress.com/9781482214840>
*CAD Project website:*
www.expertcadanalytics.com
*JAFROC website*
www.devchakraborty.com

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