[R] Updating to R 3.1.1. - impacts on existing packages

[Sun Shine]

Thanks Jeff/ Henrik

Jeff - that's what I needed: so far the update seems to be painless.

Many thanks

Sun


On 03/02/15 01:45, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> I think you missed the question, Henrik, which was directed at 
> updating the local 3.1 library with all of the packages that were in 
> the 3.0 library.
>
> The usual advice for this is to copy your 3.0 library onto your 3.1 
> library (duplicate directory structure) so R knows what packages you 
> want to use and then use update packages. In general the copied 
> directories will not work directly, but R can update them. Note that 
> some packages are dropped due to better support in different packages 
> or lack of maintainer activity, so not all packages thus copied may 
> end up usable.
>
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2015, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Sun Shine <phaedrusv at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi list
>>>
>>> I've signed up for a Coursera course on exploratory data analysis, 
>>> and the
>>> recommendation is to update to R base 3.1.1. I'm currently on 3.0.2.
>>>
>>> If I do upgrade, what is the best way for me to upgrade all my 
>>> packages for
>>> compatibility? Would this be accomplished through the command:
>>>
>>>> update.packages()
>>>
>>> Also, any ideas what percentage of the packages have been updated to 
>>> work
>>> with 3.1.1. ? I'm just wanting to do a risk evaluation because I 
>>> don't want
>>> to lose access to packages such as ggplot2, sna, statnet, 
>>> FactoMineR, and
>>> several others through upgrading.
>>
>> All package on CRAN should be up-to-date (that's almost the definition
>> of CRAN; if a package is not updated in time it's likely to be
>> archived due to lack of maintenance).  When in doubt, have a look at
>> their individual CRAN pages, e.g.
>> http://cran.r-project.org/package=ggplot2.  Look for the "r-release".
>>
>> Note that "r-release" always refers to the latest stable official R
>> release, which currently is R 3.1.2.  You should upgrade to that
>> version and not 3.1.1.  It's pretty safe to always install the most
>> recent stable release version of R.  If you're using an old version of
>> R, like you do, it's more likely that you run into problems in general
>> than if you use the most recent version.  So, avoid sticking with old
>> version and make to upgrade whenever a new release come out.
>>
>> /Henrik
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for any steers
>>>
>>> Sun
>>>
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