void-linux / void-linux/void-packages
Package request: RKWard
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Description
Package name
rkward
Package homepage
Description
KDE frontend to the R statistics language. RKWard aims to become an easy to use, transparent frontend to R, a powerful system for statistical computation and graphics. Besides a convenient GUI for the most important statistical functions, future versions will also provide seamless integration with an office-suite.

Does the requested package meet the package requirements?
System, Compiled
Is the requested package released?
Yes
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the RKWard homepage linked in the issue to understand the requested desktop application, then inspect Void packages for comparable compiled desktop software. The issue names no package file or test, so confirm the repository's packaging conventions first; done means a working rkward package is added and can be built successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- build-system, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100