[R] update R packages in local repos

[P Ehlers]

This should work:

update.packages(ask = "graphics", repos = NULL,
     contriburl = "file:///g:/myFolder/myRepository"))

-peter

Muhammad Subianto wrote:
> I try to update R packages via my local repository.
> I put all R packages in g:/myFolder/myRepository, I do like
> 
> 
>>library(tools)
>>write_PACKAGES("g:/myFolder/myRepository")
>>options(repos=c(LocalR="file://g:/myFolder/myRepository"))
>>getOption("repos")
> 
>                            LocalR
> "file://g:/myFolder/myRepository"
> 
>>update.packages(ask = "graphics")
> 
> Error in gzfile(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> cannot open compressed file
> ':/myFolder/myRepository/bin/windows/contrib/2.2/PACKAGES'
> 
>>?update.packages
> 
> 
> It produces these file in g:/myFolder/myRepository
> PACKAGES
> PACKAGES.gz
> 
> Could I make this folder (bin/windows/contrib/2.2/)? Why?
> 
> Regards, Muhammad Subianto
> 
> 
> 
>>version
> 
>          _
> platform i386-pc-mingw32
> arch     i386
> os       mingw32
> system   i386, mingw32
> status
> major    2
> minor    2.0
> year     2005
> month    10
> day      06
> svn rev  35749
> language R
> 
> 
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Peter Ehlers
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW