[R] help with updating to R2.7

[John C Frain]

When I upgrade in Windows from say 2.6.2 tp 2.7.0 I do the following

1. Install 2.7.0 in a new directory

2 Rename the library subdirectory in the new version from library to library2

3 Copy the library subdirectory in 2.6.2 to 2.7.0

4 Copy the contents of library2 to the transferred library.  This
re-installs the updated base packages.

5 Within R run update.packages(checkBuilt = TRUE) and you will be
presented with a list of packages and be given the option of updating
each package.

This procedure is easy to implement.  I have used it for several
updates and it has always worked well

Best Regards

John.

2008/5/8 Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>:
> On 5/8/2008 10:40 AM, ravi wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> Ouch! That really hurt. But I get the point.
>> Here's what I did now. I copied all the package folders from R2.6, except
>> for the R.css file, and copied them into the R2.7 folder.
>
> That's your problem.  You've hosed the 2.7 libraries.
>
> You need to reinstall 2.7.  Only copy package folders from 2.6 if they don't
> exist in 2.7.  If they already exist there, they've already been updated.
>
> The older packages may not work in 2.7, but once you run the
> update.packages() function, you should get the latest versions.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>> In the process, I overwrote the common files that came with the
>> installation of R2.7.
>> Here's the output that I obtained in R2.7 :
>>>
>>> library()
>>
>> Error in unique.default(ans) :  2 arguments passed to .Internal(unique)
>> which requires 3
>>>
>>> update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE)
>>
>> Error: could not find function "update.packages"
>>
>> My intention with my previous mail was to check and obtain confirmation on
>> details like what I should do with the R.css file.
>> But I realise that I should have then restricted myself to that single
>> question. That way, I would not be wasting the valuable time of the R list
>> experts, from whom I have received a lot of help previously.
>> After reading the FAQ once again, I am guessing that the problem could be
>> a case of the internet downloading functions failing.
>> As suggested in the FAQ, I tried the following commands :
>>>
>>> "path_to_R\bin\Rgui.exe" http_proxy=http://gannet/ http_proxy_user=ask
>>
>> Error: unexpected symbol in ""path_to_R\bin\Rgui.exe" http_proxy"
>>>
>>> "path_to_R\bin\Rgui.exe" http_proxy=http://user:pass@gannet:80/
>>
>> Error: unexpected symbol in ""path_to_R\bin\Rgui.exe" http_proxy"
>> Should I run the above commands in R, or in the windows command window?
>>
>> Thanking You,
>> Ravi
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>
>> To: ravi <rv15i at yahoo.se>
>> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
>> Sent: Thursday, 8 May, 2008 2:57:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [R] help with updating to R2.7
>>
>> On 5/8/2008 8:30 AM, ravi wrote:
>>>
>>> I know that it would be best if I reproduced the exact error messages,
>>> but I have tried so many different things now and have lost track of the
>>> exact error messages at each stage.
>>
>> This is not a reasonable request.  Rather than trying those two methods
>> one more time, and recording what goes wrong, you expect someone on the list
>> to do it for you?  If the advice was in the FAQ, presumably it works for
>> others, so the reason it didn't work for you is likely that you
>> misinterpreted part of it, or your system has a unique problem, etc.  The
>> *only* way someone could diagnose that would be to see the error messages.
>>
>> You need to use some common sense when you're asking for help.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>
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