Installing the Forest Foresight package
- Jonas Van Duijvenbode
First, you need to install the devtools package if you haven't already. Open R or RStudio and run:
install.packages("devtools")Once devtools is installed, you can install ForestForesight directly from GitHub:
devtools::install_github("ForestForesight/ForestForesight")This will download and install the latest version of the ForestForesight package from the specified GitHub repository. It might ask you if you want to install or update other packages that ForestForesight depends upon. Please do so.
After installation, you can check the version of the package by loading it and using the packageVersion() function:
library(ForestForesight)
packageVersion("ForestForesight")
#as of 2024-12-08 this should say "4.0.0"This will display the version number of the installed ForestForesight package.
Viewing the help function for ff_run:
To see the help documentation for the ff_run function, you can use the help() function or the ? shorthand:
or
This will open the help page for the ff_run function, which should include information about its usage, arguments, and examples.
If you want to see a brief description of the function without opening the full help page, you can use:
This will show you the function's arguments and their default values.
Remember, if you encounter any issues or need more information, you can always refer to the package's documentation or the GitHub repository for additional resources and updates.