[BioC] Upgrading R

[Michal Blazejczyk]

Hi everyone,

I think an interesting feature in R would be "package list dump" option.
The way I see this working is the following: the user would issue
a command on the source R installation (say, an older version), e.g.
  packages.dump("~/R/packages.dump")
Then the user would run the destination installation (say, a new version)
and recreate the environment by issuing a command like:
  packages.load("~/R/packages.dump")
This last command would go and download and install all packages that
were listed in the dump.

Or maybe this is already possible?

Best,
Michal


> Hi Chintanu,
>   Basically no, there is no such path. You should always upgrade R and
> reinstall all packages. biocLite will help you to do that.
>
>   best wishes
>     Robert
>
>
> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Sarmah, Chintanu Kumar
> <Chintanu.Sarmah2 at lincolnuni.ac.nz> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Wonder if there is a way to upgrade R.
>> I?m currently using R 2.7.2, and wish to ?upgrade? to the latest one via some process that doesn?t make me reinstall all the packages again !! Please let me know.
>> Thank you !
>> Chintanu
>>
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