R help - Nov 2012 - I'd like to know more efficient method to verify the pre-packaged codes

Hello,


I want to add some new functionalities in the package 'quantmod '.
So I download source code and am managed to build it.


I found that modifying code and check if it works by repeating the following
steps:


1) r CMD check quantmod
2) r CMD build quantmod
3) r CMD INSTALL quantmod_0.3-17.tar.gz
4) launch R gui
5) library('quantmod')
6) run my script


Let me know if there is more faster method to modify and check pre-packaged
source codes.


Thanks in advance.


SK Park

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On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 3:25 PM, ??? <birdfire94 at naver.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to add some new functionalities in the package 'quantmod '.
> So I download source code and am managed to build it.
>
> I found that modifying code and check if it works by repeating the
following steps:
>
> 1) r CMD check quantmod
> 2) r CMD build quantmod
> 3) r CMD INSTALL quantmod_0.3-17.tar.gz
> 4) launch R gui
> 5) library('quantmod')
> 6) run my script
Are you wanting to modify the quantmod package or simply install it?
If the latter, the install.packages() command from within R should
take care of everything for you.

If looking to modify/extend the quantmod functionality, take a look at
the devtools package developed by Hadley Wickham. It tries (from what
I hear, successfully) to make the write-install-check cycle of package
development much faster.

Cheers,

Michael