Documentation: Installation

You need to have R installed. Download the latest version of R from www.r-project.org. Install Xpose in R using one of the following methods:

• latest stable release -- From CRAN. Write at the R command line:

  install.packages("xpose4")

• Latest development version -- from Github (https://github.com/andrewhooker/xpose4). Note that the command below installs the "master" (development) branch; if you want the release branch from Github add ref="release" to the install_github() call. The install_github() approach requires that you build from source, i.e. make and compilers must be installed on your system -- see the R FAQ for your operating system; you may also need to install dependencies manually.
  

  devtools::install_github("xpose4",username="andrewhooker")

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Instalation of Xpose from binary files

1. Download the desired binary version of Xpose to a temporary location on your computer (anywhere).

2. Install packages "Hmisc" and "gam":
   
   At the R command line enter:

   install.packages(c("Hmisc","gam"))

   and the packages will be downloaded and installed from the mirror you select.

   Alternatively, you can download the packages for Hmisc and gam from CRAN. Then, at the R command line enter (for example):

install.packages(c("c:/temp/Hmisc_3.0-12.zip", "c:/temp/gam_0.97.zip"), repos=NULL)

3. Type '?install.packages' at the R command line for more details. Install Xpose 4.
   
   
• For Xpose version 4.5.0 and higher, type at the R command line (for example):
  
  

  install.packages("c:/temp/xpose4_4.5.0.zip", repos=NULL)

• For Xpose version 4.4.0 and lower, type in order at the R command line (for example):

  install.packages("c:/temp/xpose4data_4.4.0.zip", repos=NULL)
  
  install.packages("c:/temp/xpose4generic_4.4.0.zip", repos=NULL)
  
  install.packages("c:/temp/xpose4specific_4.4.0.zip", repos=NULL)
  
  install.packages("c:/temp/xpose4classic_4.4.0.zip", repos=NULL)
  
  install.packages("c:/temp/xpose4_4.4.0.zip", repos=NULL)

Building Xpose from source

it may be desirable to compile Xpose yourself if you need to customize Xpose, or if you wish to work on a port to a different operating system, or another software host such as S-PLUS.

For Windows users, you will need to download some package building toolsets from the web. We direct you to this rather useful tutorial on building R packages under Windows:

http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/~maman/computerstuff/Rhelp/Rpackages.html

This description is a bit outdated but useful as well:

http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/peter.rossi/research/bayes%20book/bayesm/Making%20R%20Packages%20Under%20Windows.pdf

In addition the R help manuals give lots of information:

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html

Your task under Linux/OS X should be much simpler. All the tools you need ought to be available already in almost all distributions. Simply follow the instructions above for istallation from binary files, using source files instead. The *.tar.gz release version of xpose 4 is a compressed source distribution that can be built using the commands above. For more help on building R packages see:

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html

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NOTE: This documentation refers to Xpose version 4 for R. For previous versions using S-PLUS, click here.