[R] Make installed packages available to new R version

[Prof Brian Ripley]

You have not told us your OS (despite the posting guide).

For Windows this is covered in the rw-FAQ.  Similar advice would apply on 
a Unix-alike.

For Mac OS X, see the recent archives of the R-sig-mac list. E.g. the 
strangely titled threads (look in a threaded view) around

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2008-November/005565.html

(probably using the Package Installer).

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Roy Robertson wrote:

> After installing a new version of R, how do I make the packages that I have 
> already installed and use on the old version available to the new version?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Roy Robertson
>
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