THE REAL McCOIL

Installation from Github

THE REAL McCOIL, can be installed from the EPPIcenter GitHub and built/“made” for your machine as below:

  1. Clone the code into the directory using the command git clone https://github.com/EPPIcenter/THEREALMcCOIL.git.
  2. Navigate to the categorical method directory: cd THEREALMcCOIL/categorical_method
  3. Complete the make/installation: R CMD SHLIB McCOIL_categorical_code.c llfunction_het.c (Note, prior to running this make step, you may need to erase prior .so and .o files).

Dependencies

THE REAL McCOIL relies on the Rcpp package, which requires certain OS-specific dependencies:

  • Windows
    • Download and install the appropriate version of Rtools for your version of R. On installation, ensure you check the box to arrange your system PATH as recommended by Rtools
  • Mac OS X
    • Download and install XCode
    • Within XCode go to Preferences : Downloads and install the Command Line Tools
  • Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
    • Install the core software development utilities required for R package development as well as LaTeX by executing
    sudo apt-get install r-base-dev texlive-full
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