Full_Name: Thomas Friedrichsmeier
Version: R 2.2.1
OS: Debian / Linux
Submission from: (NULL) (84.60.123.243)
Wishlist item:
There is a small problem using intall.packages() (and update.packages()):
Typically I want to install packages for system-wide use, not in a user
directory. Obviously this does not work without superuser rights.
What I would like to be able to do is to specify a "become root" command to use
in install.packages (). Probably this would be done using an extra argument to
install.packages () and update.packages ():
install.packages ([...], install.wrapper=NULL)
The argument value I would typically want to supply on my system (running in a
KDE Session) would be: install.wrapper="kdesu --" . I.e. I would like to run the
R CMD INSTALL command through kdesu.
Technically it would basically function like this:
Instead of
cmd0 <- paste(file.path(R.home("bin"),"R"), "CMD INSTALL")
in install.packages (), it would read
cmd0 <- paste(install.wrapper, file.path(R.home("bin"),"R"), "CMD INSTALL")
This feature would save me a lot of small hazzles.
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