Re: [R] Recommendation for updating packages such as nlme

Isn't /usr/local for software your sysadmin (you, when you wear that hat) have compiled, while /usr/lib is managed by the system package manager (apt-get for Ubuntu)? FWIW I usually only manage my personal R library and ignore the system R library... I never specify instLib myself, and never ru

[R] Recommendation for updating packages such as nlme

I use this function to update my installed R packages: updatePac <- function (checkBuilt = FALSE, ...) update.packages(repos = "http://cran.rstudio.com";, instlib = "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library", checkBuilt = checkBuilt, ...) When I type updatePac() I get: Warning: package 'MASS' in libr