updateLocalPackages {svMisc}R Documentation

Update packages from a local source easily under Windows

Description

Update packages from a local source like a CD-Rom. These packages must be windows binaries (.zip) and a 'package' file must describe them in the same directory as it is done on CRAN.

Usage

updateLocalPackages(basedir = "d:/R", url = paste("file:", basedir, "/bin/windows/contrib", sep = ""), ask = TRUE)

Arguments

basedir The base directory of the local installation files
url The whole path, or url, to use for installation. If provided, it overrides basedir
ask Should we ask for each package if it should be updated?

Value

This function returns nothing. It is invoked for its side effects.

Author(s)

Philippe Grosjean <phgrosjean@sciviews.org>

See Also

localPackages, installLocalPackages


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