[R] FW: Library update from version

[Ista Zahn]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Steve Lianoglou
<lianoglou.steve at gene.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Cem Girit <girit at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>>                 I recently installed version 3.0.1 of R on to a computer. I
>> have a working installation for a Statconn application using R version
>> 2.15.0 on another computer. I have many libraries under this old
>> installation. Can I just copy them into the new library from the old, or do
>> I install each one of them under the new R?
>
> No, you shouldn't do that.

Really? Why not? Note that the Windows upgrade FAQ
(http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#What_0027s-the-best-way-to-upgrade_003f)
says to do exactly that.

Best,
Ista
>
>> Also how can I get a list of
>> differences in two libraries so that I can use this list to update the new
>> one?
>
> A bit of googling could have provided several answers.
>
> This post in particular has a few answers from some people who know
> what they're doing w/ R, so probably a good place to start:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401904/painless-way-to-install-a-new-version-of-r-on-windows
>
> HTH,
> -steve
>
> --
> Steve Lianoglou
> Computational Biologist
> Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
> Genentech
>
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