is there actually an rJava dependency?
e-kotov opened this issue · 2 comments
@JuKo007 , hello! Is there actually an rJava dependency in the code? I can see it is mentioned in the readme, but I cannot find any traces in the codebase.
It's just that I am working on an R package rJavaEnv that focuses on helping ordinary users install Java into their project directory so that any Java/rJava-dependent package works properly without the struggles of installing Java manually. So I am actively looking for R packages that depend on Java (by invoking jars from command line) or rJava, and that could benefit from having rJavaEnv as a companion to help users to get started with minimal issues.
Are you perhaps planning to add new functions to WhatsR that will depend on Java/rJava? Please let me know.
Best,
Egor
Hi @e-kotov, there used to be an rJava dependency because WhatsR was using the ggmap package to plot locations. In the newest version on github, the location plotting is now done with leaflet instead. However, the CRAN version still uses the ggmap version that depends on rJava, thats why I didn't update the readme yet. With the next CRAN release, there should be no rJava dependency and/or mention anymore.
Got it! Thanks!