[R] update packages from local

2010-01-03 Thread Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang
Hi all, I have an old package installed, say abc. Now I made some changes to the source, and built a new version of the source code abc_0.1.1.tar.gz. How can I update the old package to this newer version from the local tar.gz file? I was running the following, but it did not work.

Re: [R] update packages from local

2010-01-03 Thread David Winsemius
On Jan 3, 2010, at 11:08 AM, Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang wrote: Hi all, I have an old package installed, say abc. Now I made some changes to the source, and built a new version of the source code abc_0.1.1.tar.gz. How can I update the old package to this newer version from the local tar.gz file?

Re: [R] update packages from local

2010-01-03 Thread Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang
Thanks. But I after I restarted R, it is still the old version of the package that is loaded. Am I using the update.packages() correctly? Regards, Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help

Re: [R] update packages from local

2010-01-03 Thread Uwe Ligges
1. Please quote the old threat, at least I do not keep old messages. 2. Try install.packages() from a freshly started R (that has not loaded the package in advance). 3. Since I am doing things in the shell for package development anyway, I tend to call package installation from the shell as

Re: [R] update packages from local

2010-01-03 Thread David Winsemius
On Jan 3, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang wrote: Thanks. But I after I restarted R, it is still the old version of the package that is loaded. Am I using the update.packages() correctly? Apparently not. I'm not an expert at this so it's perfectly possible that someone smarter

Re: [R] update packages from local

2010-01-03 Thread Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang
, it is still the old version... What did I miss here? Thanks. Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:55:44 +0100 From: Uwe Ligges lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de Subject: Re: [R] update packages from local To: Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang actuaryzh...@uchicago.edu Cc: David Winsemius dwinsem...@comcast.net, r

Re: [R] update packages from local

2010-01-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
] update packages from local To: Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang actuaryzh...@uchicago.edu Cc: David Winsemius dwinsem...@comcast.net, r-help@r-project.org 1. Please quote the old threat, at least I do not keep old messages. 2. Try install.packages() from a freshly started R (that has not loaded the package