rpanel

1.1-6.3

Simple Interactive Controls for R using the 'tcltk' Package

13packages depend

56.2Kdownloads / year

27.3%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Adrian BowmanFirst published 2006-08-2114 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

A set of functions to build simple GUI controls for R functions. These are built on the 'tcltk' package. Uses could include changing a parameter on a graph by animating it with a slider or a "doublebutton", up to more sophisticated control panels. Some functions for specific graphical tasks, referred to as 'cartoons', are provided.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("rpanel", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("adrian-bowman/rpanel")

Development version from adrian-bowman/rpanel. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-rpanel

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-rpanel

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 11.7 min · r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

Check history

OK2026-05-24
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ERROR2026-05-16
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-04-23
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
ERROR2026-04-21
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-04-16
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

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ERROR2026-03-19
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NOTE2026-03-15
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ERROR2026-03-13
4 OK · 7 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 3 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-03-10
0 OK · 14 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

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Downloads

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Repository

GitHub ↗ adrian-bowman/rpanel

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Last activity 2026-04-27

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

18 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (2)

R >= 4.1tcltk

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (21)

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Enhances (0)

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Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

13direct

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Code & Tests

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People & History

People (4)

Maintainer (1)

Adrian Bowman

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder · added in 1.1-6

Authors (4)

Adrian Bowman

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder · added in 1.1-6

Gavin Alexander

Author · added in 1.1-6

Richard Bowman

Author · added in 1.1-6

Ewan Crawford

Author · added in 1.1-6

Adrian Bowman

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder · added in 1.1-6

Listed in earlier versions (3)

Bowman

no longer listed · 1.0-3 to 1.1-5.2

Crawford

no longer listed · 1.0-3 to 1.1-5.2

Gibson

no longer listed · 1.0-5 to 1.1-5.2

Package Timeline

14 releases. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
1.1-6.3Latest
2026-04-09 · current release · diff ↗
1.1-6.1
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
1.1-5.2
2023-02-07 · diff ↗
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
1.1-5
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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2018-05-07 · diff ↗
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23

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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10
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R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03
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R 2.15.0 released · 2012-03-30
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R 2.14.0 released · 2011-10-31
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R 2.13.0 released · 2011-04-13
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R 2.12.0 released · 2010-10-15
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R 2.11.0 released · 2010-04-22
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R 2.10.0 released · 2009-10-26
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R 2.9.0 released · 2009-04-17
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R 2.8.0 released · 2008-10-20
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R 2.7.0 released · 2008-04-22
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R 2.6.0 released · 2007-10-03
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R 2.5.0 released · 2007-04-24
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2006-12-19 · diff ↗
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R 2.4.0 released · 2006-10-03
1.0-3
2006-08-21
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R 2.3.0 released · 2006-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2006-08-21
Total releases: 14 / 20 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Download size: 702 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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