Ten Steps to Building an R package under Windows
If you’ve spent any amount of time working in R there comes a point when you want to create your own package in R. I’ve switched back and forth between running R on my MAC and running it on Windows and I thought I’d give package development on Windows a try. What I’ll try to do on these pages is document that process step by step for the raw beginner.
First off, I need to thank all the R experts who have help put all the tools and documentation in place. Without them none of this would be possible.
How to Build a Package in Windows
Use the guide below to jump to any section you want. I’ll take you through the entire process as I did it.
Step One: Update your R and other Tools. We will start by updating our version of R and I’ll update my current version of RStudio. Neither of these steps are difficult and you can just skip this section as you should already be familiar with these types of tasks.
Step Two: Get to know your Windows System
Step Three: Decide which kind of package you want to build
Step Five: Installing the tools
Step Seven: Reboot and do some reading
Very interesting and informative. I was wondering if you think that someone (like me) could download comma separated files (.csv) from a horse racing website that has data from past performances using your build steps. I would be interested in doing things like time series, and econometric techniques applied to horse racing. Any comments appreciated.
yes, but you dont need to build a package. Just get R and download the file
This is very helpful. I am making my first steps trying to build C code into my R programs. Most other places (like R documentation on CRAN) skip a lot of these, for example the nature of R CMD. Thank you Steve!
This is the best ever documentation for creating “R packages using Windows”. Simple and to the point. Thanks Steve. This was very helpful.
you are welcomed. Let others know if they have problems
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