R Observatory: Metrics for covTestR version 0.1.4

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2025-12-25. Its history is shown below.

Reason: issues were not addressed in time

Details below reflect version 0.1.4, its last release before removal.

covTestR

0.1.4

Covariance Matrix Tests

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Ben Barnard5 releasesCRAN page ↗

Testing functions for Covariance Matrices. These tests include high-dimension homogeneity of covariance matrix testing described by Schott (2007) doi:10.1016/j.csda.2007.03.004 and high-dimensional one-sample tests of covariance matrix structure described by Fisher, et al. (2010) doi:10.1016/j.jmva.2010.07.004. Covariance matrix tests use C++ to speed performance and allow larger data sets.

Install

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

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/covTestR/covTestR_0.1.4.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "covTestR_0.1.4.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 (0.1.4) 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-covtestr

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-covTestR

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

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

3

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 29%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

5 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.3

Imports (3)

rlang purrr Rcpp

LinkingTo (2)

Rcpp RcppArmadillo

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

–indirect (not tracked)

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Ben Barnard

Author, Maintainer

Authors (2)

Ben Barnard

Author, Maintainer

Dean Young

Author

Package Timeline

5 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2025-12-25
issues were not addressed in time
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
0.1.4
2018-08-17 · diff ↗
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
0.1.3
2018-01-30 · diff ↗
0.1.2
2017-12-23 · diff ↗
unarchivedReturned to CRAN
2017-12-23
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2017-12-01
C++ errors were not corrected despite reminders
0.1.1
2017-11-24 · diff ↗

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0.1.0
2017-11-22
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21

Package metadata

Total releases: 5
License: GPL-2 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.3
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("covTestR")

Format

Barnard, B., & Young, D. (n.d.). covTestR: Covariance Matrix Tests (Version 0.1.4) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 14, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=covTestR

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for covTestR version 0.1.4 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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