On 06/02/2014 18:25, Patrick Burns wrote:
I suggest that there be an additional sentence
in the explanation for the 'repos' argument in
the help file for 'install.packages':
If the repository is on a local drive, then the
string should begin with \code{file:}, e.g.,
\code{"file:J:/Rrepos"}.
Perhaps I'm missing some subtlety, but it makes
things work in my case.
You are (more than one). The help says
repos: character vector, the base URL(s) of the repositories to use,
A file:// scheme *is* a URL, but how to specify it correctly is
described under ?url. 'Local drive' is a not a portable concept, but a
repository on a file system mounted on the same machine may also be
accessible via a http:// scheme.
--
Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk
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