Installation_Rvcg

Installation of Rvcg

• Installation of Rvcg
  • Installation of the R-package "Rvcg":
  • Installation of the-R package "Rvcg" (latest development code) using devtools::

Installation of the R-package "Rvcg":

1. Make sure to work with the latest version of R and install dependencies (type the following commands into your R terminal):

   install.packages("Rcpp")
   

2. Download the version suitable for your OS from here
   Either the compiled package (for Windows and OS X) or the source tarball (Linux).

3. Installation command from within R:

   install.packages("Path_to_downloaded_package_Rvcg[Version_OS]",repos=NULL)
   

4. check if the package can be loaded:

   load package: library(Rvcg)
   

Installation of the-R package "Rvcg" (latest development code) using devtools::

1. install devtools from within R (Ubuntu/Debian users will have to install libcurl4-gnutls-dev beforehand):

   install.packages("devtools")
   

2. Install build environment

   • Windows: Install latest version of Rtools
     During installation of Rtools make sure to install the toolchain, and to select "Edit the system path" (and confirming the installers suggestions).
   • OSX: Install XCODE

3. In R run the command:

   require(devtools)
   install_url("https://github.com/zarquon42b/Rvcg/archive/master.zip")