[R-pkg-devel] Error in loadNamespace(x) : there is no package called 'formatR'

[Joseph Park]

Thank you for the clarification.

J Park

On 11/13/20 1:09 PM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> I'm quite sure you want to use the following:
>
> Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, formatR
> VignetteBuilder: knitr
>
> Here are the details.  For the 'VignetteBuilder' field, you want to
> put all packages that provide the **vignette engines** you are using.
> For example, if your package vignettes use either of
>
> %\VignetteEngine{knitr::knitr}
> %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
>
> your package is using a vignette engine from the 'knitr' package, so
> you need to specify:
>
> VignetteBuilder: knitr
>
> Next, with 'knitr' listed in 'VignetteBuilder', you need to make sure
> 'knitr' is listed in either 'Depends' or 'Suggests' (or possibly
> 'Imports' - not sure).  If 'knitr' is only used for your vignettes, it
> is sufficient to specify it under 'Suggests', which is also the most
> common way to use it, i.e.
>
> Suggests: knitr
>
> The above settles the **vignette-engine package**.  Then your vignette
> engine might depend on additional packages.  Your package needs to
> depend on those too, typically also listed under 'Suggests'.  For
> example, when you use %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}, that
> vignette engine requires the 'rmarkdown' package (can be guessed from
> them name but reading the docs is the only way to be sure - I think
> there's work in 'tools' to improve on this).    So, this means you
> need to use:
>
> Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
>
> Finally, if your vignettes make use of additional, optional features
> from other packages, you need to make sure your package depends on
> those too.  Since you make use of 'formatR' features, you need to add
> that to Suggests as well;
>
> Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, formatR
>
> /Henrik
>
> PS. Vignettes are a bit of special creatures. Their dependencies are
> only needed during 'R CMD build' and 'R CMD check', which most
> end-users never perform. I think it could be favorable if we could
> declare vignette dependencies separate from install/run-time
> dependencies, e.g.
>
> VignetteBuilder: knitr
> VignetteDepends: rmarkdown, formatR
>
> It should make the above process a bit clearer.  It would also make it
> clear to those who are only interested in viewing vignettes, but have
> no interest in rebuilding vignettes, what packages they need to
> install in order to access all of the package's functions.  Just an
> idea.
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 7:55 AM Joseph Park <JosephPark using ieee.org> wrote:
>> Thank you.
>>
>> On 11/13/20 10:31 AM, Gábor Csárdi wrote:
>>> >From WRE:
>>>
>>> "Note that if, for example, a vignette has engine ‘knitr::rmarkdown’,
>>> then knitr provides the engine but both knitr and rmarkdown are needed
>>> for using it, so both these packages need to be in the
>>> ‘VignetteBuilder’ field and at least suggested (as rmarkdown is only
>>> suggested by knitr, and hence not available automatically along with
>>> it). Many packages using knitr also need the package formatR which it
>>> suggests and so the user package needs to do so too and include this
>>> in ‘VignetteBuilder’."
>>>
>>> So I think you need
>>>
>>> Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, formatR
>>> VignetteBuilder: knitr, rmarkdown, formatR
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 3:23 PM Joseph Park <JosephPark using ieee.org> wrote:
>>>> Ah, yes... I see it now in Writing R Extensions.  Apologies for the
>>>> oversight.
>>>>
>>>> Regarding rmarkdown, is it redundant to include rmarkdown in
>>>> VignetteBuilder if it is in Suggests, or is perhaps needed in the build
>>>> config as a separate entity?
>>>>
>>>> e.g:
>>>>
>>>> Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
>>>> VignetteBuilder: knitr, formatR
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>> Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
>>>> VignetteBuilder: knitr, rmarkdown, formatR
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> J Park
>>>>
>>>> On 11/13/20 8:58 AM, Gábor Csárdi wrote:
>>>>> I think you need to Suggest the formatR package, because your
>>>>> vignettes use it. From 'Writing R extensions':
>>>>>
>>>>> "Many packages using knitr also need the package formatR which it
>>>>> suggests and so the user package needs to do so too and include this
>>>>> in ‘VignetteBuilder’."
>>>>>
>>>>> Gabor
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 1:49 PM Joseph Park <JosephPark using ieee.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Dear r-package-devel,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The rEDM package is failing the automated check, as noted here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/rEDM_1.7.0_20201113_131811/Windows/00check.log
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When running rhub::check_for_cran(), disk file errors were reported.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The automated check seems to be failing with:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Error in loadNamespace(x) : there is no package called 'formatR'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This package does not explicitly use formatR:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Imports: methods, Rcpp (>= 1.0.1)
>>>>>> LinkingTo: Rcpp, RcppThread
>>>>>> Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
>>>>>> VignetteBuilder: knitr
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could it be these errors (disk full, no formatR) are related?  If not,
>>>>>> does formatR need to be listed as a dependency?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the former (R server config/resource build errors), do I need to
>>>>>> resubmit the package?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> J Park
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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