How to Install
A guide for installing Eagle along with multi-threaded R
If you already have R installed and you are in a hurry
Step 1: Update packages
Problems can occur, especially with shiny, if the packages upon which Eagle is dependent, are not current. To update the packages, in your R session, type the following
update.packages(ask=FALSE)
update.packages will update all the packages in your library, interactively.
Step 2: Install Eagle
In your R session, if you have root access, use the following command to install Eagle
install.packages("Eagle" , repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/", dependencies=TRUE) If you don't have root access, use
install.packages("Eagle" , lib="/your/Rlibrary/" , repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/", dependencies=TRUE) where "/your/RLibrary/" is the name of the directory
where R packages are to be installed. This will install Eagle and any missing
dependent packages.
Step 3: Run Eagle
To run Eagle and given that you have installed it in a default library, use
library("Eagle")
or if you don't have root access, use
library("Eagle", lib="/your/Rlibrary/")
where "/your/RLibrary/" is the name of your local directory
where R packages are installed.
Installing R Open and Eagle
Eagle was designed to harness parallel computation. R, upon which Eagle is based, is not set up for parallel computation. Fortunately, there is a solution. Microsoft have developed an open source freely available version of R, called R Open. R Open is the same as R except that it comes with multi-threaded maths libraries for parallel computation.
Step 1: Install R Open for multi-threaded computation
Choose your Platform for instructions on how to install R Open
Step 2: Install Eagle
To install the latest version of the Eagle package, from the R command window, use the install.packages( ) command
install.packages("Eagle", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/", dependencies=TRUE)
This can take a bit of time as it is not only Eagle that needs installing but several other packages upon which Eagle is dependent.
Step 3: Run Eagle
To start using Eagle, from the R command window, use
library("Eagle")
This will load the Eagle package into your R session, ready for use. Go to Quick Start Guide for instructions on how to use Eagle.