installLocalPackages {svMisc}R Documentation

Install packages from a local source under Windows

Description

Install one or several local packages, for instance from a CD-rom. These packages must be Windows binaries (.zip), and a 'package' in the same directory must describe them the same way it is done in CRAN.

Usage

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

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

Value

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

Author(s)

Philippe Grosjean <phgrosjean@sciviews.org>

See Also

localPackages, updateLocalPackages


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