On 30/03/2012 12:05 PM, Jonathan Greenberg wrote:
R-helpers:
I'm trying to install a package from r-forge, and I'm wondering if
there is a way to force R to install a package, even if the package
"requires" a certain version of R (short of modifying the DESCRIPTION
file)? Cheers!
You don't give details, so the explanation is uncertain, but the answer
is clear: don't do that.
If you are trying to install a binary build, don't do that. It might
appear to work but fail in messy ways if you use it in the wrong version
of R. Some packages link to R internals, and those might have changed.
If you are trying to install from source, but the author said you need a
particular version of R, then you could modify the DESCRIPTION file:
but presumably the author had a reason to ask for a particular version,
so don't do that either.
Duncan Murdoch
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