Another excellent use case of Nix for solving R package installation woes, a practical dev journey of wrapping C code in an R package, and a guide for using the new refugees R package from UNHCR. Episode Links <ul> <li>This week&#39;s curator: Ryo Nakagawara - <a href="https://twitter.com/R_by_Ryo" rel="nofollow">@R_by_Ryo</a>) (Twitter) &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.social/@R_by_Ryo" rel="nofollow">@R_by_Ryo@mstdn.social</a> (Mastodon)</li> <li><a href="https://kupac.gitlab.io/biofunctor/2023/08/01/nix-for-r-intro/" rel="nofollow">She issued install.packages() -- you won&#39;t believe what happened next!</a></li> <li><a href="https://jcarroll.com.au/2023/08/11/wrapping-c-code-in-an-r-package/" rel="nofollow">Wrapping C Code in an R Package</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/insights/explainers/refugees-r-package.html" rel="nofollow">How to use UNHCR’s {refugees} R package</a></li> <li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2023-W33.html" rel="nofollow">rweekly.org/2023-W33</a></li> </ul> Supplement Resources <ul> <li>R Packages Chapter on Data: <a href="https://r-pkgs.org/data.html" rel="nofollow">https://r-pkgs.org/data.html</a></li> </ul> Supporting the show <ul> <li>Use the contact page at <a href="https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact" rel="nofollow">https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact</a> to send us your feedback</li> <li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040" rel="nofollow">R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org</a> - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with <a href="https://getalby.com/" rel="nofollow">Alby</a>, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.</li> <li>A new way to think about value: <a href="https://value4value.info" rel="nofollow">https://value4value.info</a> </li> <li>Get in touch with us on social media <ul> <li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" rel="nofollow">@theRcast</a> (Twitter) and <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" rel="nofollow">@rpodcast@podcastindex.social</a> (Mastodon)</li> <li>Mike Thomas: <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" rel="nofollow">@mike_ketchbrook</a> (Twitter) and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas" rel="nofollow">@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org</a> (Mastodon)</li> </ul></li> </ul>

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Another excellent use case of Nix for solving R package installation woes, a practical dev journey of wrapping C code in an R package, and a guide for using the new refugees R package from UNHCR.