Hi Ran,
First of all, please note that direct calls to external commands via
system() or system2() are not ideal so should only be used when there is no
other alternative. For example, if a CRAN or Bioconductor package already
provides the functionality that you are after, you should use that inst
Hi all,
I am developing a new R package that relies on some external software.
There are some system calls written in the R function that requires the
path to those external software tools.
I am not sure what is the best practice to using external software in R
Bioconductor packages. If the exter