Statistics with R, and open source stuff (software, data, community)
TL;DR I’m seeking someone to take over maintenance of the the popular R package installr (github), due to a shift away from Windows OS. The package has been downloaded over 3.3 million times and has a current download rate of around 61k times a month. The ideal candidate should have experience with Windows OS, be … Continue reading "Seeking a New Maintainer for the Popular R Package installr" The…
tl;dr On Linux MINT 19.2, I was only able to properly install R 3.6.3 (but NOT R 4+) The correct repos need to be updated in at least 2 files, only then can R be installed Did I miss any tips? please leave me a comment. Background I have tried, and failed, to install R … Continue reading "How to install R 3.6.3 (NOT 4+) on Linux MINT 19.x (19.1, 19.2, 19.3)" The post How to install R 3.6.3 (NOT…
I’m excited to announce that heatmaply version 1.0.0 has been published to CRAN! (getting started vignette is available here) What is heatmaply? heatmaply is an R package for easily creating interactive cluster heatmaps that can be shared online as a stand-alone HTML file. Interactivity includes a tooltip display of values when hovering over cells, as … Continue reading "heatmaply 1.0.0 –…
Why I’m going to eRum this year instead of useR! I have attended the useR! conferences every year now for the past 9 years, and loved it! However, this year I’m saddened that I won’t be able to go. This is because this year the conference will be held in Australia, and going there would require … Continue reading "Registration for eRum 2018 closes in two days!" The post Registration for eRum 2018…
R 3.5.0 (codename “Joy in Playing”) was released yesterday. You can get the latest binaries version from here. (or the .tar.gz source code from here). This is a major release with many new features and bug fixes, the full list is provided below. Upgrading R on Windows and Mac If you are using Windows you can easily upgrade to the … Continue reading "R 3.5.0 is released! (major release with many…
R 3.4.3 (codename “Kite-Eating Tree”) was released last week. You can get the latest binaries version from here. (or the .tar.gz source code from here). As mentioned by David Smith, R 3.4.3 is primarily a bug-fix release: It fixes an issue with incorrect time zones on MacOS High Sierra, and some issues with handling Unicode characters. (Incidentally, representing international and … Continue…
This post on the heatmaply package is based on my recent paper from the journal bioinformatics (a link to a stable DOI). The paper was published just last week, and since it is released as CC-BY, I am permitted (and delighted) to republish it here in full. My co-authors for this paper are Jonathan Sidi, Alan O’Callaghan, and Carson Sievert. Summary: heatmaply is an R … Continue reading "heatmaply:…
R 3.4.2 (codename “Short Summer”) was released yesterday. You can get the latest binaries version from here. (or the .tar.gz source code from here). As mentioned by David Smith, R 3.4.2 includes a performance improvement for names: c() and unlist() are now more efficient in constructing the names(.) of their return value, thanks to a proposal by Suharto Anggono. (PR#17284) The full list of bug ……
R 3.4.1 (codename “Single Candle”) was released several days ago. You can get the latest binaries version from here. (or the .tar.gz source code from here). As mentioned last week by David Smith, R 3.4.1 includes several Windows related bug fixed: including an issue sometimes encountered when attempting to install packages on Windows, and problems displaying functions including Unicode characters…
R 3.4.0 (codename “You Stupid Darkness”) was released 3 days ago. You can get the latest binaries version from here. (or the .tar.gz source code from here). The full list of bug fixes and new features is provided below. As mentioned two months ago by David Smith, R 3.4.0 indicates several major changes aimed at improving the performance of R in … Continue reading "R 3.4.0 is released – with new…