R Observatory: Metrics for googleComputeEngineR version 0.3.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2025-06-13. Its history is shown below.

Reason: issues were not corrected despite reminders

Details below reflect version 0.3.0, its last release before removal.

googleComputeEngineR

0.3.0

R Interface with Google Compute Engine

1packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Mark Edmondson3 releasesCRAN page ↗

Interact with the 'Google Compute Engine' API in R. Lets you create, start and stop instances in the 'Google Cloud'. Support for preconfigured instances, with templates for common R needs.

Install

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

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/googleComputeEngineR/googleComputeEngineR_0.3.0.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "googleComputeEngineR_0.3.0.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 (0.3.0) 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-googlecomputeenginer

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-googleComputeEngineR

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

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.14

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

6

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 0%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 52%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

10 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.3.0

Imports (6)

assertthat future googleAuthR httr jsonliteutils

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (5)

covr googleCloudStorageR knitr rmarkdown testthat

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

1direct

–indirect (not tracked)

googleCloudStorageR

Code & Tests

People & History

People (5)

Maintainer (1)

Mark Edmondson

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Mark Edmondson

Author, Maintainer

Contributors (4)

Contributor

Contributor

Contributor

Contributor · added in 0.2.0

Package Timeline

3 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
2025-06-13
issues were not corrected despite reminders
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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
0.3.0
2019-05-04 · diff ↗
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
0.2.0
2017-09-16 · diff ↗
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
0.1.0
2016-11-19
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03

Package metadata

Total releases: 3
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.3.0
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("googleComputeEngineR")

Format

Edmondson, M., Chamberlain, S., Chang, W., Bengtsson, H., & Novik, J. (n.d.). googleComputeEngineR: R Interface with Google Compute Engine (Version 0.3.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 15, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=googleComputeEngineR

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for googleComputeEngineR version 0.3.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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