R Observatory: Metrics for discreteRV version 1.2.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2024-04-20. Its history is shown below.

Reason: issues were not corrected despite reminders

Details below reflect version 1.2.2, its last release before removal.

discreteRV

1.2.2

Create and Manipulate Discrete Random Variables

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Eric Hare9 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Create, manipulate, transform, and simulate from discrete random variables. The syntax is modeled after that which is used in mathematical statistics and probability courses, but with powerful support for more advanced probability calculations. This includes the creation of joint random variables, and the derivation and manipulation of their conditional and marginal distributions.

Install

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

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/discreteRV/discreteRV_1.2.2.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "discreteRV_1.2.2.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 (1.2.2) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("erichare/discreteRV")

Development version from erichare/discreteRV. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

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-discreterv

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-discreteRV

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

88%

Documentation · exports

2

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 95%
Return-value docs: 18%
References docs: 0%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

4 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.0.2

Imports (2)

plyrMASS

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (3)

testthat roxygen2 knitr

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

0direct

–indirect (not tracked)

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (3)

Maintainer (1)

Eric Hare

Author, Maintainer · added in 1.2

Authors (3)

Eric Hare

Author, Maintainer · added in 1.2

Andreas Buja

Author

Heike Hofmann

Author · added in 1.2

Package Timeline

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

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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2024-04-20
issues were not corrected despite reminders
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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
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03
1.2.2
2015-09-16 · diff ↗
1.2.1
2015-05-03 · diff ↗
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
1.2
2015-04-10 · diff ↗
1.1.4
2015-02-02 · diff ↗
1.1.3
2014-12-03 · diff ↗

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1.1.2
2014-07-28 · diff ↗
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10
1.1
2014-04-01 · diff ↗
1.0.1
2013-06-26 · diff ↗
1.0
2013-04-17
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R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03

Package metadata

Total releases: 9
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.0.2
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("discreteRV")

Format

Buja, A., Hare, E., & Hofmann, H. (n.d.). discreteRV: Create and Manipulate Discrete Random Variables (Version 1.2.2) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=discreteRV

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for discreteRV version 1.2.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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