[R] 'install package(s) from local zip files': what is the syntax for that?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 20.08.2011 20:07, Bogaso Christofer wrote:
> Dear all, if I want to install a package in windows system then generally I
> use the 'install package(s) from local zip files' from the 'package' menu.
> However I am interested to know that whether there is any syntax which I can
> use in the R console instead. I have tried with
> install.packages("__package_name", repos = 'f:/"), however could not.

Let me read ?install.packages for you:

The description of the first argument tells us:
"If repos = NULL, a character vector of file paths of ‘.zip’ files 
containing binary builds of packages."


Hence

install.packages("f:/__package_name", repos = NULL)

seems to be more appropriate here.

Uwe Ligges



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