Yanqin Yang wrote: > Hello, > > I am new in using Linux R. Would someone tell me what the best way to > update my current R 2.3.0 to R 2.5.0? I want to keep my current > library packages. Do I have to erase the older version and install > the newer version? In that case, I need to re-download all the > packages I need. Any short way to do the update? > > Thanks for your help! > > yanqin >
Since I compile from source, I simply compile the new version and install it to the same location as the old. Then I run update.packages() to update the additional packages I have installed. Of course, I may get bit by this approach one day. It is possible to have more than one directory for packages. One suggestion I've seen is to collect your "user installed" packages in a different directory than the base and recommended packages. -- Kevin E. Thorpe Biostatistician/Trialist, Knowledge Translation Program Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 416.864.5776 Fax: 416.864.6057 ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list 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.
