R Observatory: Metrics for ascentTraining version 1.0.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2026-01-18. Its history is shown below.

Reason: email to the maintainer is undeliverable

Details below reflect version 1.0.0, its last release before removal.

ascentTraining

1.0.0

Ascent Training Datasets

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Harry Alexander1 releasesCRAN page ↗

Datasets to be used primarily in conjunction with Ascent training materials but also for the book 'SAMS Teach Yourself R in 24 Hours' (ISBN: 978-0-672-33848-9). Version 1.0-7 is largely for use with the book; however, version 1.1 has a much greater focus on use with training materials, whilst retaining compatibility with the book.

Install

R (source archive)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/ascentTraining/ascentTraining_1.0.0.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "ascentTraining_1.0.0.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (1.0.0) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-ascenttraining

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-ascentTraining

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.52

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

0

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 16%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5.0

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (1)

testthat

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

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–indirect (not tracked)

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

Datasets

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Harry Alexander

Author, Maintainer, Contributor, Data contributor, Reviewer

Authors (2)

Harry Alexander

Author, Maintainer, Contributor, Data contributor, Reviewer

Ascent

Author

Contributors (1)

Harry Alexander

Author, Maintainer, Contributor, Data contributor, Reviewer

Reviewers (1)

Harry Alexander

Author, Maintainer, Contributor, Data contributor, Reviewer

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2026-01-18
email to the maintainer is undeliverable
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
R
R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
R
R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
1.0.0
2022-04-27
R
R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22

Package metadata

Total releases: 1
License: GPL-2 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Bundled data: 1.2 MB / 38 files
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("ascentTraining")

Format

Ascent, & Alexander, H. (n.d.). ascentTraining: Ascent Training Datasets (Version 1.0.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ascentTraining

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for ascentTraining version 1.0.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-13, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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