R Observatory: Metrics for boral version 2.0.3

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

boral

2.0.3

Bayesian Ordination and Regression AnaLysis

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Overview

About

Maintained by Francis K.C. HuiFirst published 2014-08-2526 releasesCRAN page ↗

Bayesian approaches for analyzing multivariate data in ecology. Estimation is performed using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods via Three. JAGS types of models may be fitted: 1) With explanatory variables only, boral fits independent column Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) to each column of the response matrix; 2) With latent variables only, boral fits a purely latent variable model for model-based unconstrained ordination; 3) With explanatory and latent variables, boral fits correlated column GLMs with latent variables to account for any residual correlation between the columns of the response matrix.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("boral", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

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-boral

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

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-boral

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# 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-boral

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 2.3 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

12

Dependencies · direct

Check history

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NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 33%
Documented parameters: 92%
Return-value docs: 87%
References docs: 60%

Downloads

7.2K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #6,840 · ~20/day · ~603/mo

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

10 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

coda

Imports (11)

abind corpcor fishModgraphicsgrDeviceslifecycleMASSmvtnorm R2jags reshape2stats

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (2)

mvabund corrplot

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

1direct

0indirect

jSDM

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Francis K.C. Hui

Author, Maintainer

Authors (2)

Francis K.C. Hui

Author, Maintainer

Wade Blanchard

Author · added in 1.9

Listed in earlier versions (3)

with contributions from Wafe Blanchard

no longer listed · 1.6

with contributions from Wade Blanchard

no longer listed · 1.6.1 to 1.8.1

Hui

no longer listed · 2.0.3

Package Timeline

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Package metadata

First published: 2014-08-25
Total releases: 26 / 12 yrs
License: GPL-2 OSI
Download size: 1.0 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Analysis of Ecological and Environmental Data

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Hui, F. K. C., & Blanchard, W. (2025). boral: Bayesian Ordination and Regression AnaLysis (Version 2.0.3) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.boral

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for boral version 2.0.3 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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