[R] update R version in windows

[Richard M. Heiberger]

installr is Windows-specific.  From the DESCRIPTION
OS_type:windows

I would guess that some of it would work on other OS, but you would
have to check.
If it looks useful elsewhere you should tell Tal
Maintainer:Tal Galili <tal.galili at gmail.com>

Rich

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 1:18 PM, J C Nash <profjcnash at gmail.com> wrote:
> However, trying this on Linux Mint gave
>
>   package ‘installr’ is not available (for R version 3.4.2)
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> Has the package not been updated yet?
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>
> JN
>
>
> Try the installr package. It was designed for this purpose.
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Bond, Stephen <Stephen.Bond at cibc.com> wrote:
>> Is there a utility which will allow me to upgrade my R version and update all packages from the old version?
>> If I manually upgrade, then I have to manually re-install 50 packages.
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Stephen B
>>
>>