[R] How are packages installed with install_github() updated in RStudio?

[Hadley Wickham]

RStudio just calls the same underlying R functions, so it doesn't make
any difference that you're using RStudio.  Currently, there's no
automatic way to update packages installed from github.

Hadley

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 8:14 AM, John Kane <jrkrideau at inbox.com> wrote:
> Hi Michal,
>
> Because RStudio seems to use its own method of updating you might be better off asking in their forum.
>
> John Kane
> Kingston ON Canada
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: prgosek at gmail.com
>> Sent: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:43:20 +0200
>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>> Subject: [R] How are packages installed with install_github() updated in
>> RStudio?
>>
>> Hallo.
>>
>> I use RStudio. Because of a bug in the latest CRAN version of dplyr, I
>> installed the GitHub version with install_github(). Now I wonder what
>> happens when there is a new version. Does RStudio update the packages
>> installed from GitHub? If so, does it replace it with the new CRAN
>> version,
>> or a new GitHub version?
>>
>> Many thanks for you answer,
>> Michal Kvasnicka
>>
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