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mindlessgreen
mindlessgreen

Reputation: 12142

How do I create a package name with underscore?

I get this error when running devtools::check().

Error in processx::run(bin, args = real_cmdargs, stdout_line_callback = real_callback(stdout),  : 
  System command error

The check runs and completes just fine if I remove the underscore from my package name. How do I create a package name with underscore?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 599

Answers (1)

r.bot
r.bot

Reputation: 5424

The manual on writing R extensions describes that this is not permitted.

The mandatory ‘Package’ field gives the name of the package. This should contain only (ASCII) letters, numbers and dot, have at least two characters and start with a letter and not end in a dot. If it needs explaining, this should be done in the ‘Description’ field (and not the ‘Title’ field).

https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-devel/R-exts.html#Creating-R-packages

See also this question: What's a good R package name?

Upvotes: 3

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