Hello Cesar, Thank you for the reply. Another question I have is if it is possible to detect the library path of an old R install, from the terminal of the new R install.
Cheers, Tal ----------------Contact Details:------------------------------------------------------- Contact me: tal.gal...@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | www.r-statistics.com (English) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:49 AM, csrabak <cesar.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Em 14/11/2010 20:42, csrabak escreveu: > > Em 14/11/2010 18:24, Tal Galili escreveu: >> >>> Hi John, thank you for that input. >>> It could be that the code I wrote here: >>> >>> http://www.r-statistics.com/2010/04/changing-your-r-upgrading-strategy-and-the-r-code-to-do-it-on-windows/ >>> >>> >>> Should be updated so every time you install a new R version, you run the >>> code for it to: >>> 1) copy all packages from the old R version to the new R version library >>> 2) update all the packages. >>> >>> But I have no clue how to do step 1. >>> >> >> I've a clue but not the exact syntax for doing it: >> >> a) you need to get the library directory path of your current >> installation or if putting it manually; >> b) list.files(path = '<path to your libraries>') >> select the directories with the return of file.info(); >> > > I've been educated that all above (a - b) can be obtained in a single > object with a call to library(). > > > libs <- library() > > libs$results[,"Package"] will contain the list of installed packages. > > > c) save the list for processing in the newer R version; >> d) in the newer version you use the list as argument to >> install.packages(). >> >> All the aforementioned /caveats/ about packages not in CRAN still apply. >> . . >> >> Regards, >> > > HTH > > -- > Cesar Rabak > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
