R Observatory: Metrics for needy version 0.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2022-11-20. Its history is shown below.

Reason: issues were not corrected despite reminders

Details below reflect version 0.2, its last release before removal.

needy

0.2

needy

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Ryan Grannell2 releasesCRAN page ↗

needy is a small utility library designed to make testing function inputs less difficult. R is a dynamically typed language, but larger projects need input checking for scalabity. needy offers a single function, require_a( ), which lets you specify the traits an input object should have, such as class, size, numerical properties or number of parameters, while reducing boilerplate code and aiding debugging.

Install

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

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/needy/needy_0.2.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "needy_0.2.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 (0.2) 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-needy

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-needy

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

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.03

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

0

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMEYes · 453 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

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

Downloads

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 2.14.0

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (2)

testthat combinat

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

–indirect (not tracked)

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Other (1)

Ryan Grannell

Contributor

Package Timeline

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

R
R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2022-11-20
issues were not corrected despite reminders
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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
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10
0.2
2013-06-05 · diff ↗
0.1
2013-06-05
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R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03

Package metadata

Total releases: 2
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 2.14.0
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("needy")

Format

Grannell, R. (n.d.). needy: needy (Version 0.2) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=needy

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 needy version 0.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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