[R] Upgrading R

[Patrick Connolly]

On Mon, 27-Jun-2011 at 01:22AM -0700, thomas.chesney wrote:

|> Is there any easy way I can upgrade R without losing all of my
|> packages, when I'm using a computer (Mac) on an organisation's
|> network which blocks the package installer?

Keep a separate library for the packages you specifically wish to keep
using.  Check out the help for .libPaths and you'll know how to do it.
Even so, they need to be updated every so often so your "... network
which blocks the package installer" does make life awkward.

HTH


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|> 
|> Thomas
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