Questions tagged [package]
Package broadly refers to two things: 1) a usable unit/component of built/compiled software, or 2) a partition of the global namespace (Java).
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Brew error: Could not symlink, path is not writable
When I try to install a library with homebrew (brew install aLibrary), I got the following error:
Could not symlink lib/pkgconfig/aFile
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig is not writable.
What should I do?
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Namespace vs regular package
What's the difference between a namespace Python package (no __init__.py) and a regular Python package (has an __init__.py), especially when __init__.py is empty for a regular package?
I am curious ...
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Simple statistics - Java packages for calculating mean, standard deviation, etc [closed]
Could you please suggest any simple Java statistics packages?
I don't necessarily need any of the advanced stuff. I was quite surprised that there does not appear to be a function to calculate the ...
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What do you expect from a package manager for Emacs? [closed]
Although several thousand Emacs Lisp libraries exist, GNU Emacs, until version 24.1 did not have an (internal) package manager.
I guess that most users would agree that it is currently rather ...
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Import struct from another package and file golang
I have a problem trying to import a type from another package and file. The struct that I'm trying to import is the one underneath.
type PriorityQueue []*Item
type Item struct {
value string
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Does it make sense to have two packages in the same directory?
I have a project that provides a library (exports some funcs) and also must provide a command-line interface (there must be an executable file).
Example of directory structure:
whatever.io/
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Error while creating new React app ("You are running `create-react-app` 4.0.3, which is behind the latest release (5.0.0)")
I am getting this create React app error again and again even after doing the uninstall part.
npm uninstall -g create-react-app
up to date, audited 1 package in 570ms
found 0 vulnerabilities
npx ...
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Go, go get, go install, local packages, and version control
I am having trouble understanding the workflow for creating a go project that has local packages.
Say I create a new project, using git for version control, which has a main.go file and a tools.go ...
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How can my Haskell program or library find its version number?
I would like my cabalised program to have a --version switch.
I would like it to report the same version as is present in the .cabal file.
If I have to update the version number separately in my ...
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Warning about UTF-8 with roxygen2
I have a problem about UTF-8.
After conducting roxygen2::roxygenise() for my package,
it showed the warning message 'roxygen2 requires Encoding: UTF-8'.
How can I fix it?
roxygen2::roxygenise()
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Create object from class in separate file
I have done several tutorials on Python and I know how to define classes, but I don't know how to use them. For example I create the following file (car.py):
class Car(object):
condition = 'New'
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How to check if Facebook is installed Android
I am modifying my app to be able to catch if a user tries to publish without having the facebook app installed (required for SSO). Here is the code I am using:
try{
ApplicationInfo info = ...
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How to use Go with a private GitLab repo
GitLab is a free, open-source way to host private .git repositories but it does not seem to work with Go. When you create a project it generates a URL of the form:
[email protected]:private-developers/...
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Error in installation a R package
Please help me, I cannot install "MASS" package.
> library(MASS)
Error in library(MASS) : there is no package called ‘MASS’
I tried to install MASS package from local:
> utils:::...
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using __init__.py
I am having difficulty understanding the usage scenarios or design goals of python's __init__.py files in my projects.
Assume that I have 'model' directory (refers as a package) which contains the ...
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Cannot install R-forge package using install.packages
This, question, is, asked, over, and, over, and, over,
on the R-sig-finance mailing list, but I do not think it has been asked on stackoverflow.
It goes like this:
Where can I obtain the latest ...
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Install a locally developed npm package globally
I'm developing a node package that needs to be run from shell. I know I have to install the package globally, but running
$> npm install -g ./my_module
Does not give me the desired result, that ...
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Is the use of Java's default package a bad practice?
Is the use of Java's default package a bad practice?
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Python package name conventions
Is there a package naming convention for Python like Java's com.company.actualpackage? Most of the time I see simple, potentially colliding package names like "web".
If there is no such convention, ...
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Python can't find my module
I have a python project (which I run within a virtualenv) and that has the following structure:
Project
├───.git
├───venv
└───src
├───__init__.py
├───mymodules
│ ├───__init__.py
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what does grunt "test command" do on npm init
I'm trying to learn grunt. When I run npm init, I get a prompt in the process of creating a package.json file that asks for "test command" - I'm not sure how to utilize this, or what it's expecting. ...
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Global NPM package installed but command not found
I have globally installed two npm packages "download" and "enigmavirtualbox" via command line:
npm install -g download and
npm install -g engimavirtualbox
I'm trying to use them in a batch file to ...
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Python: import the containing package
In a module residing inside a package, i have the need to use a function defined within the __init__.py of that package. how can i import the package within the module that resides within the package, ...
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Multiple functions in one .Rd file
Short version: Can I emulate the documentation of Normal in package stats using roxygen?
Long version: I'm working on a package and was trying make the documentation more readable by having a number ...
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How to register a local git package in Bower?
How can I register a local git package in bower?
My current component.json is as follows
{
"name": "myproject",
"version": "1.0.0",
"dependencies": {
"jquery": "1.8.0",
"twitter/...
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inst and extdata folders in R Packaging
In the documentation, R suggests that raw data files (not Rdata nor Rda) should be placed in inst/extdata/
From the first paragraph in: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#Data-in-...
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How to list/download the recursive dependencies of a debian package?
I need to list/download all the recursive dependencies of a debian package.
Suppose i need to install package a.deb and it depends on package b.deb and again package b.deb depends on package c.deb.
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Access main package from other package
I want to access the main package from another package, but this is impossible because the main file isn't in a directory. I already tried putting the main file in a directory, but when I try to ...
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Python packages - import by class, not file
Say I have the following file structure:
app/
app.py
controllers/
__init__.py
project.py
plugin.py
If app/controllers/project.py defines a class Project, app.py would import it like ...
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R not finding package even after package installation
I have always worked with the zoo package, that I have installed a long time ago. Today, I created a new R script, and ran library(zoo) and got the following error:
> library(zoo)
Error in ...
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Which Eclipse package should I download for PyDev?
Which Eclipse package should I choose for Python development with PyDev?
Nothing on the Eclipse homepage tells me what to choose, and the PyDev documentation assumes I already have Eclipse installed. ...
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How to install python package with a different name using PIP
When installing a new python package with PIP, can I change the package name because there is another package with the same name?
Or, how can I change the existing package's name?
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Listing R Package Dependencies Without Installing Packages
Is there a simple way to get a list of R package dependencies (all recursive dependencies) for a given package, without installing the package and it's dependencies? Something similar to a fake ...
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Organizing Python classes in modules and/or packages
I like the Java convention of having one public class per file, even if there are sometimes good reasons to put more than one public class into a single file. In my case I have alternative ...
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Don't include dependencies from packages.config file when creating NuGet package
I am using Nuget to create packages. I would like to create a package which does not contain any dependencies (in the .nuspec) file to any other NuGet packages. My project does have NuGet package ...
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How to install dependencies when using "R CMD INSTALL" to install R packages?
I'm developing my first R package (using R 2.13, Ubuntu 10.10). Let's call it foo and let's say that the code in the R/ directory begins with the line library(bar), where bar is an existing package ...
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Hyphenated company name in Java packages
Say you're working on the core module of the foo project for BarBaz Incorporated. Your code fragment might look like this:
package com.barbaz.foo.core;
import com.barbaz.foo.util;
What would the ...
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Making an executable in Cython
Been playing with cython. Normally program in Python, but used C in a previous life.
I can't figure out how to make a free-standing executable.
I've downloaded cython, and I can make a .pyx file (...
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How to load latex .sty files from a subdirectory?
I use some .sty-files that are not part of texlive and want to have them in a subdirectory of the folder with my main.tex. I used the following line to load the package:
\usepackage{sty/prettythesis}
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Install a local R package with dependencies from CRAN mirror
I have built an R package, i.e. I have the mypackage.tar.gz file. This package depends on several other packages, all downloadable and installable from any CRAN mirror.
Now I want to install this ...
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Rd file name conflict when extending a S4 method of some other package
Actual question
How do I avoid Rd file name conflicts when
a S4 generic and its method(s) are not necessarily all defined in the same package (package containing (some of) the custom method(s) ...
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Programmatically install NLTK corpora / models, i.e. without the GUI downloader?
My project uses the NLTK. How can I list the project's corpus & model requirements so they can be automatically installed? I don't want to click through the nltk.download() GUI, installing ...
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Python error: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute
I'm totally new to Python and I know this question was asked many times, but unfortunately it seems that my situation is a bit different...
I have created a package (or so I think). The catalog tree ...
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What's the difference between "package" and "module"?
I use Java where we only have packages. I know there are other programming languages that also include modules.
What's the difference?
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Is there any way to access private fields of a struct from another package?
I have a struct in one package that has private fields:
package foo
type Foo struct {
x int
y *Foo
}
And another package (for example, a white-box testing package) needs access to them:
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How to reference python package when filename contains a period
I am using django and I have a file named models.admin.py and I want to do the following idea in models.py:
from "models.admin" import *
however, I get a syntax error for having double quotes. But ...
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How to use a package constant in SQL SELECT statement?
How can I use a package variable in a simple SELECT query statement in Oracle?
Something like
SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE TypeId = MyPackage.MY_TYPE
Is it possible at all or only when using PL/SQL (...
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Java Package Does Not Exist Error
So there's a folder /usr/share/stuff in the root directory
in stuff there are a bunch of java files with package org.name definitions at the top
I am running javac test.java where test.java is in a ...
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What's the convention for java package names without a domain association?
I can't find a Q/A on SO that answers my exact question, so I figure I'd post it and see what comes back.
As far as the naming convention goes for Java packages, I understand that it's supposed to be ...
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What is the difference between PEAR and Composer?
PEAR is used to install a PHP software package and Composer is used for the same thing. I believe Composer handles dependencies better but is that the only difference? Can anybody explain the ...
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