working with package without Namespace in R

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I have got betaversion from website. The only available is windows installation as mybetapackage.zip file. When I installed the package, it does not work when I load it.

> utils:::menuInstallLocal() > require(mypackage) Loading required package: mypackage Failed with error: ‘package ‘mypackage’ does not have a NAMESPACE and should be re-installed’

Is it possible to use this beta package someway ?

Edits:

I tried the following instructions to create own namespace. Namespace file contains the following:

exportPattern("^[^\\.]")

Now I am getting following warning.

Warning message: In readLines(file) : incomplete final line found on 'C:/Users/user/Documents/R/win-library/2.14/RCropStat/NAMESPACE

You can manually add the namespace in yourself. I remember when this requirement was part of R I asked a question on here about namespaces and they can be added manually. Hadely had written a bit about it. A search here should give you info about adding it; if I recall it's a manipulation to one of the documents in the directories. — Tyler Rinker
– Tyler Rinker, Commented Apr 20, 2012 at 2:00
Building from source would work. However, if you only have the Windows binary zip, you could try this: stackoverflow.com/questions/8012596/… — jthetzel
– jthetzel, Commented Apr 20, 2012 at 2:01
Regarding "incomplete final line", if the package loads, I think that warning can be safely ignored. To get rid of it, try adding an additional blank line or two at the end of the NAMESPACE file. I believe the warning is due to a lack of EOL or EOF character at the end of the NAMESPACE file, see here for example: r.789695.n4.nabble.com/… — jthetzel
– jthetzel, Commented Apr 20, 2012 at 2:38
The readLines warning might just be if the file doesn't end with a blank line. What happens if you add an extra line break at the end of your NAMESPACE file? — David Diez
– David Diez, Commented Apr 20, 2012 at 14:44

jon · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-22 11:32:15Z

Based on the discussion above I am answering my own questions. All credit goes to who discussed this issue.

Create a file with the following text and put an extra line to avoid an error. Same in the directory for the package where you have description file.

exportPattern("^[^\\.]")

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