R devel - Sep 2004 - Re: R-devel Digest, Vol 19, Issue 20

I met several problems in using R, and I can not find the
> exact answer after reading some r-docs and searching the web, maybe I 
> use them in a wrong way.
> 
> So, I hope you may offer me some guide on it if possible. The problems 
> are as follows:
> 
> 1           I see the example source for creating an R package, but indeed,
> the package submitted to CRAN is nod this simple, so I wonder how I 
> can create an R package like this.
> 
> 2           And when a package like this is generated, how can I do some
> modification? For example, add some new function into it or do some 
> modifications for certain function?
> 
> I try to do this on an existed package, but it does not work, the new 
> package can not be found.
> 
>          3       Could you offer me some e-documents for R apart from the
> R-help docs?
> 
>          4       Could you offer me some advise on R learning if I am only
> interested in R package management not R language programming now?
            5       I used the Tools to create a package in windows,
but it seems in the last step, zip command does not work? Is there any
good reference about the way creating a package using
RGui?
> 
>          
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks a lot!!
> 
>  
> 
> Jimmy

Shaogang Qu wrote:
>  I met several problems in using R, and I can not find the 
> 
>>exact answer after reading some r-docs and searching the web, maybe I 
>>use them in a wrong way.
>>
>>So, I hope you may offer me some guide on it if possible. The problems 
>>are as follows:
>>
>>1           I see the example source for creating an R package, but
indeed,
>>the package submitted to CRAN is nod this simple, so I wonder how I 
>>can create an R package like this.
Have you read "Writing R Extensions"? Your question is too unspecific
to
get any other useful help.
And what does "a package like this" mean?

>>2           And when a package like this is generated, how can I do some
>>modification? For example, add some new function into it or do some 
>>modifications for certain function?
>>
>>I try to do this on an existed package, but it does not work, the new 
>>package can not be found.
see 1
>>         3       Could you offer me some e-documents for R apart from
the
>>R-help docs?
see 1
>>         4       Could you offer me some advise on R learning if I am
only
>>interested in R package management not R language programming now?
see 1

>             5       I used the Tools to create a package in windows,
> but it seems in the last step, zip command does not work? Is there any
> good reference about the way creating a package using RGui?
If you are under Windows, please also read .../src/gnuwin32/README.packages

Uwe Ligges


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>>Thanks a lot!!
>>
>> 
>>
>>Jimmy
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