Installation of Rvcg

Installation of the R-package "Rvcg":

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

   install.packages("Rcpp")

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

• Installation command from within R:

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

• check if the package can be loaded:

    load package: library(Rvcg)
  

Installation of the-R package "Rvcg" using devtools::

install prerequisites

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

install release

run the following command in R:

    require(devtools)
    install_url("https://github.com/zarquon42b/Rvcg/archive/0.3.zip")

install latest development snapshot

run the following command in R:

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