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