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

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 18/08/2015 10:01 AM, Hadley Wickham wrote:
> 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.

And to clarify a bit more:  this means if you install a patched version
of something from github that is newer than what is on CRAN, then call
update.packages(), you'll keep the new one as long as the version number
is higher than the one on CRAN.

On the other hand, if you run install.packages("foo"), then you'll
install the CRAN version of foo even if you already have a newer one
from github.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> 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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