I'm creating a R package that contains Rcpp functions depending on RcppArmadillo, so I first generate the package skeleton by RcppArmadillo.package.skeleton. However, when I roxygenize my package, it gives me an error shown below.
R code
library(roxygen2)
library(RcppArmadillo)
library(Rcpp)
RcppArmadillo.package.skeleton(name = "prac_181206", example_code = FALSE)
roxygenize(package.dir = "prac_181206", roclets = "rd")
Error
Error in getDLLRegisteredRoutines.DLLInfo(dll, addNames = FALSE) :
must specify DLL via a “DLLInfo” object. See getLoadedDLLs()
After spending some time, I figured out this can be solved by removing .registration option in NAMESPACE file given as follows.
Original NAMESPACE file
useDynLib(prac_181206, .registration=TRUE)
importFrom(Rcpp, evalCpp)
exportPattern("^[[:alpha:]]+")
In short, after changing the first line above to useDynLib(prac_181206), it works fine, but I don't understand what the error means and why my solution works.
Could you anyone help me with this matter? I appreciate it!
Because this is a toy example, hopefully reproducible, I didn't include any other functions in man or src folders created by RcppArmadillo.package.skeletonabove.
FYI, the relevant information about my platform is
That is, as best as I can tell, roxygen2 issue ticket #771 which I filed on August 3, and which is still unresolved. Despite the roxygen2 team closing it. Feel free to follow-up there.
If one use roxygen2 6.0.1 it works:
edd@rob:/tmp$ r -lRcppArmadillo -e'RcppArmadillo.package.skeleton(name = "prac_181206", example_code = FALSE)'
Calling kitten to create basic package.
Creating directories ...
Creating DESCRIPTION ...
Creating NAMESPACE ...
Creating Read-and-delete-me ...
Saving functions and data ...
Making help files ...
Done.
Further steps are described in './prac_181206/Read-and-delete-me'.
Adding pkgKitten overrides.
Deleted 'Read-and-delete-me'.
Done.
Consider reading the documentation for all the packaging details.
A good start is the 'Writing R Extensions' manual.
And run 'R CMD check'. Run it frequently. And think of those kittens.
Adding RcppArmadillo settings
>> added Imports: Rcpp
>> added LinkingTo: Rcpp, RcppArmadillo
>> added useDynLib and importFrom directives to NAMESPACE
>> added Makevars file with Rcpp settings
>> added Makevars.win file with RcppArmadillo settings
edd@rob:/tmp$ cd prac_181206/
edd@rob:/tmp/prac_181206$ roxy.r
** Using cached version 6.0.1 of roxygen2.
First time using roxygen2. Upgrading automatically...
Updating roxygen version in /tmp/prac_181206/DESCRIPTION
Loading required package: Rcpp
edd@rob:/tmp/prac_181206$
where roxy.r is this simple wrapper that hard-wires roxygen2 6.0.1.