@@ -105,18 +105,49 @@ using Rcpp. All these packages provide usage examples for Rcpp.
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### Installation
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- Released and tested versions of Rcpp are available via the
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- [ CRAN] ( https://cran.r-project.org ) network, and can be installed from within R via
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+ #### CRAN
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+ Rcpp released on CRAN are carefully tested and curated. CRAN ensures they interoperate
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+ with all other CRAN package on all test environment. The released and tested versions
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+ are available via all mirrors of [ CRAN] ( https://cran.r-project.org ) network, and can be
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+ installed from within R via
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``` R
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install.packages(" Rcpp" )
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```
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+ #### Release Candidates
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+ For the last several releases, we also made interim _ candidate_ releases available
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+ on the [ Rcpp Drat Repo] ( https://RcppCore.github.io/drat ) . Versions from a
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+ [ drat] ( https://github.com/eddelbuettel/drat ) repo can be installed either by
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+ just temporarily setting the [ drat] ( https://github.com/eddelbuettel/drat ) repo as in
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+ ``` R
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+ install.packages(" Rcpp" , repos = " https://RcppCore.github.io/drat" )
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+ ```
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+ or by setting a [ drat] ( https://github.com/eddelbuettel/drat ) repo more permanently
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+ (as described in the documentation of the [ drat] ( https://github.com/eddelbuettel/drat )
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+ package).
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+ Testing the release candidates prior to actual release help. Please run this if you can.
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+ #### Source
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To install from source, ensure you have a complete package development
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environment for R as discussed in the relevant documentation; also see
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questions 1.2 and 1.3 in the
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[ Rcpp-FAQ] ( https://cran.r-project.org/package=Rcpp/vignettes/Rcpp-FAQ.pdf ) .
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+ #### Less Common Versions and Platforms
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+ If you want to run Rcpp on another (not-tested on CRAN) platform, or on releases
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+ older than the previous release, we suggest you do your due diligence and test
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+ accordingly. Rcpp is provided by an all-volunteer team with finite resources.
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+ We work hard to test Rcpp with several thousand CRAN packages using it---but
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+ we cannot test on outdated versions of R or your OS.
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### Support
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The best place for questions is the
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