On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Gregor GORJANC wrote:
Hello!
Thanks to Thomas and Brian for answers!
Prof Brian Ripley wrote: ...Is it possible to include some option in install.packages() for Delete downloaded files (y/N)? at the end of that process. It can be quite anoying if you must install several packages and wait meanwhile to type y/n for each package separately.
It does happen at the end of the process: you are using one call for the several packages? Something like install.packages(c("pkg1, "pkg2", "pkg3"))?
Yes, it does happen at the end of the process, but I wrote a simple script, which installs all favourite packages and it does one by one. I could
modify it to use the whole list at once also, but there is apparently no need since my wish/proposal is already solved in R-devel.
It will still be much more efficient to do them in one call.
For one thing, it chooses a suitable order to install the packages, and for another it downloads PACKAGES each time.
In R-devel you are not asked at all, and even now you will not be asked if you specify destdir.
Yes, I know for the last one, but then you must delete them by "hand"!
Why can't your script do it? Or you could use the session directory as R-devel now does. Either way you don't need hands!
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