That only works if you use apt-get for all package installs... I don't even know if that is possible. Use of install.packages within R works the same on all platforms... that is, upgrading R by a minor version (3.3 to 3.4) causes R to go looking for user-installed packages in a new library directory, while patchlevel upgrades (3.4.1 to 3.4.2) keep using the same library directory (read the R Installation and Administration Manual). -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
On November 10, 2017 10:33:49 AM PST, "Bond, Stephen" <stephen.b...@cibc.com> wrote: >This issue does not exist on Linux. My Ubuntu updates both R and all >packages. > >Stephen B > > >-----Original Message----- >From: J C Nash [mailto:profjcn...@gmail.com] >Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 1:19 PM >To: r-help; RICHARD M. HEIBERGER; Bond, Stephen >Subject: Re: [R] update R version in windows > >However, trying this on Linux Mint gave > > package ‘installr’ is not available (for R version 3.4.2) > >Has the package not been updated yet? > > >JN > > >Try the installr package. It was designed for this purpose. > >On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Bond, Stephen <Stephen.Bond at >cibc.com> wrote: >> Is there a utility which will allow me to upgrade my R version and >update all packages from the old version? >> If I manually upgrade, then I have to manually re-install 50 >packages. >> Thank you. >> >> Stephen B >> >> >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
