[Rd] Wish/suggestion: Install packages on fly via library()

Gorjanc Gregor Gregor.Gorjanc at bfro.uni-lj.si
Mon Jun 27 16:06:02 CEST 2005


Hello!

I thought that installation of missing packages on fly via library()
would be a nice thing to have. Something like this:

if (missing(pkg) && getOption("installOnFly")) {
  install.packages(pkg, ...)
}

I did look into library() function to find appropriate place for code
similar to on above but library() it's massively long and I really don't 
... you know.

Thanks for remarkable tool.

Lep pozdrav / With regards,
    Gregor Gorjanc

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