Re: [R] update R version in windows

2017-11-10 Thread Jeff Newmiller
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 ver

Re: [R] update R version in windows

2017-11-10 Thread Bond, Stephen
Thanks Caitlin and Richard MH. Works great. Stephen From: Caitlin [mailto:bioprogram...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 12:33 PM To: Bond, Stephen Subject: Re: [R] update R version in windows install.packages("installr") updateR() rather... On Friday, November 10,

Re: [R] update R version in windows

2017-11-10 Thread Bond, Stephen
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

Re: [R] update R version in windows

2017-11-10 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
installr is Windows-specific. From the DESCRIPTION OS_type:windows I would guess that some of it would work on other OS, but you would have to check. If it looks useful elsewhere you should tell Tal Maintainer:Tal Galili Rich On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 1:18 PM, J C Nash wrote: > However, trying

Re: [R] update R version in windows

2017-11-10 Thread J C Nash
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 wrote: > Is there a utility which will al

Re: [R] update R version in windows

2017-11-10 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
Try the installr package. It was designed for this purpose. On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Bond, Stephen 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 packa

Re: [R] update R version in windows

2017-11-10 Thread Bert Gunter
?update.packages Should take care of packages. Manually reinstalling R binaries seems straightforward enough that it isn't much of a burden; but installing from source may be a different story, depending on your OS. The RStudio interface automates much of this, but it may not be enough for you or

Re: [R] update R version in windows

2017-11-10 Thread Michael Dewey
Dear Stephen Does section 2.8 in the Windows FAQ help you? Michael On 10/11/2017 16:49, Bond, Stephen 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. Than

[R] update R version in windows

2017-11-10 Thread Bond, Stephen
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 [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R