Description
Provides fast sampling from von Mises-Fisher distribution using the method proposed by Andrew T.A Wood (1994) <doi:10.1080/03610919408813161>.
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| Flavor | Status |
|---|---|
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-patched-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-windows-x86_64 | OK |
Check History
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 21, 2026
ERROR 11 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 2 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 11, 2026
ERROR
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang
re-building of vignette outputs
Error(s) in re-building vignettes: --- re-building ‘vMF.Rmd’ using rmarkdown Quitting from vMF.Rmd:105-115 [ex1] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <error/rlang_error> Error in `library()`: ! there is no ...[truncated]... Error: processing vignette 'vMF.Rmd' failed with diagnostics: there is no package called 'rbenchmark' --- failed re-building ‘vMF.Rmd’ SUMMARY: processing the following file failed: ‘vMF.Rmd’ Error: Vignette re-building failed. Execution halted
ERROR
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc
re-building of vignette outputs
Error(s) in re-building vignettes: --- re-building ‘vMF.Rmd’ using rmarkdown Quitting from vMF.Rmd:105-115 [ex1] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <error/rlang_error> Error in `library()`: ! there is no ...[truncated]... Error: processing vignette 'vMF.Rmd' failed with diagnostics: there is no package called 'rbenchmark' --- failed re-building ‘vMF.Rmd’ SUMMARY: processing the following file failed: ‘vMF.Rmd’ Error: Vignette re-building failed. Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 22, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 18, 2026
ERROR
r-devel-windows-x86_64
whether package can be installed
Installation failed. See 'd:/Rcompile/CRANpkg/local/4.6/vMF.Rcheck/00install.out' for details.