[R] Fwd: THANK YOU: Updating R version

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Note that the batchfiles distribution on CRAN has two batch
programs:

copydir.bat
movedir.bat

that simplify the copying portion of the procedure you
discuss below.  They can copy or move (copying
preserves the old directory but moving is much faster)
each package but will not overwrite existing packages
so the new versions of packages are preserved while the
old ones are added.  Here is an example using copydir.
Replace copydir with movedir below to move rather than copy:

  cd \Program Files\R
  copydir R-2.4.1\library R-2.5.0\library

See the batchfiles' home page at:

  http://code.google.com/p/batchfiles/

The README file contains the instructions given above (and more) and
also a number of alternative procedures that do not involve the use of
the batchfiles.

On 7/13/07, John C Frain <frainj at gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: John C Frain <frainj at gmail.com>
> Date: 13-Jul-2007 22:30
> Subject: Re: [R] THANK YOU: Updating R version
> To: "Christopher W. Ryan" <cryan at binghamton.edu>
>
>
> When I update R the following has worked for me (Windows XP)
>
> 1. Install the new version to a new directory (say C:\Program Files\R\R-2.5.1).
>
> 2 Rename the new library subdirectory  to library2.
>
> 3 Copy the entire contents of the old library subdirectory (say
> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\library\ to the new R root to create
> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.5.1\library\ .
>
> 4 Copy the contents of library2 to library to update your basic library.
>
> 5 Now start your new version of R and update packages from the GUI or
> from the R console.  (You may need to firs check Rprofile .site to
> ensure that no packages have been loaded)
>
> 6. On occasion I have got warning messages when I tried to load
> packages after this procedure.  This has been cleared by running
>
> update.packages(checkBuilt = TRUE)
>
> This checks that your packages have been built with the latest
> version.  When I do this I  agree to install all available updates.
>
> 7 You may wish to copy various autoloads etc from your old
> Rprofile.site to your new Rprofile.site.  I understand that there are
> some compatibility problems with 2.5.1 and SciViews so be careful.
>
> Best Regards
>
> John
>
>
>
> On 13/07/07, Christopher W. Ryan <cryan at binghamton.edu> wrote:
> > This sounds like a solution I've been looking for.  With this setup now
> > in place, when you download and install some new packages, where will
> > they be put?  Into C:\myRlib ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --Chris
> > Christopher W. Ryan, MD
> > SUNY Upstate Medical University Clinical Campus at Binghamton
> > 40 Arch Street, Johnson City, NY  13790
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> >
> > "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood,
> > divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the
> > vast and endless sea."  [Antoine de St. Exupery]
> >
> > Raghu Naik wrote:
> > > Based on the feedback received, I did the following:
> > >
> > > a) moved my lib sub-directory from the existing installed R version to
> > > c:\myRLib
> > > b) installed the updated R version
> > > c) created .Renviron file in the home directory (C:\R-2.5.1) with the line
> > > R_LIBS=c:/myRLib
> > > d) used .libPaths() command to confirm that the new R installation was
> > > recognizing the myRLib sub-directory
> > > e) deleted my old R installation
> > >
> > > Things worked fine.
> > >
> > > Thanks you.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Raghu Naik <naik.raghu at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Jun 2, 2007 5:13 PM
> > > Subject: Updating R version
> > > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > >
> > > A quick question.  I am trying to understand how I could move the installed
> > > packages in my R 2.3 version to the newly installed R 2.5 version, without
> > > having to install all the packages again. I copied the files under the old
> > > library subdirectory to the new library subdirectory. But still the newer
> > > version is not recognizing the packages that were copied over.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
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> > >
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