R Observatory: Metrics for ptspotter version 1.0.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2026-01-30. Its history is shown below.

Reason: requires archived package 'pryr'

Details below reflect version 1.0.2, its last release before removal.

ptspotter

1.0.2

Helper Functions for Use with "ProjectTemplate"

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Rich Leyshon3 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Utility functions produced specifically for (but not limited to) working with 'ProjectTemplate' data pipelines. This package helps to quickly create and manage sequentially numbered scripts, quickly set up logging with 'log4r' and functions to help debug and monitor procedures.

Install

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

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/ptspotter/ptspotter_1.0.2.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "ptspotter_1.0.2.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 (1.0.2) 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("r-leyshon/ptspotter")

Development version from r-leyshon/ptspotter. 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-ptspotter

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-ptspotter

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

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 1.04

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

6

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

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

Downloads

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

11 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (3)

beepr log4r this.path

Imports (3)

pryr stringrutils

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (6)

covr knitr markdown ProjectTemplate rmarkdown testthat

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)

Rich Leyshon

Author, Copyright holder, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Rich Leyshon

Author, Copyright holder, Maintainer

Contributors (1)

Iris Simmons

Contributor · added in 1.0.2

Copyright holders (1)

Rich Leyshon

Author, Copyright holder, Maintainer

Listed in earlier versions (1)

Andrew Simmons

no longer listed · 1.0 to 1.0.1

Package Timeline

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

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2026-01-30
requires archived package 'pryr'
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
R
R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
1.0.2
2023-08-13 · diff ↗
R
R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
R
R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
R
R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
1.0.1
2021-05-03 · diff ↗
1.0
2021-04-21
R
R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24

Package metadata

Total releases: 3
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
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("ptspotter")

Format

Leyshon, R., & Simmons, I. (n.d.). ptspotter: Helper Functions for Use with "ProjectTemplate" (Version 1.0.2) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ptspotter

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Cite the R Observatory

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for ptspotter version 1.0.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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