Rvcg

Rvcg is an R-package providing methods for manipulations on triangular meshes by using the API of the VCGLIB library.

Installation of the R-package Rvcg from CRAN:

Within R:

   install.packages("Rvcg")

Installation of the R-package "Rvcg":

0. Make sure to work with the latest version of R and install dependencies (type the following commands into your R terminal):

   install.packages("RcppEigen")

1. Download the version suitable for your OS from here. Either the compiled package (for Windows and OS X) or the source tarball (Linux).

2. Installation command from within R:

   install.packages("Path_to_downloaded_package_Rvcg[Version_OS]",repos=NULL)

3. check if the package can be loaded:

   load package: library(Rvcg)

Installation of the-R package "Rvcg" (latest development code) using devtools::

install prerequisites

1. install devtools from within R (Ubuntu/Debian users will have to install libcurl4-gnutls-dev beforehand):

   install.packages("devtools")

2. Install build environment
   • Windows: Install latest version of Rtools During installation of Rtools make sure to install the toolchain, and to select "Edit the system path" (and confirming the installers suggestions).
   • OSX: Install XCODE

install Rvcg

Run the following command in R:

    require(devtools)
        install_github("zarquon42b/Rvcg", local=FALSE)