Chris:

In my installation, the new packages automatically get installed to the
c:\myRlib directory.

Raghu

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> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:44:48 -0500
> From: "Christopher W. Ryan" <cryan@binghamton.edu>
> Subject: Re: [R] THANK YOU: Updating R version
> To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
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> This sounds like a solution I've been looking for.  With this setup now
> in place, when you download and install some new packages, where will
> they be put?  Into C:\myRlib ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Chris
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>
Raghu Naik wrote:
> Based on the feedback received, I did the following:
>
> a) moved my lib sub-directory from the existing installed R version to
> c:\myRLib
> b) installed the updated R version
> c) created .Renviron file in the home directory (C:\R-2.5.1) with the line
> R_LIBS=c:/myRLib
> d) used .libPaths() command to confirm that the new R installation was
> recognizing the myRLib sub-directory
> e) deleted my old R installation
>
> Things worked fine.
>
> Thanks you.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Raghu Naik <naik.raghu@gmail.com>
> Date: Jun 2, 2007 5:13 PM
> Subject: Updating R version
> To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
>
> A quick question.  I am trying to understand how I could move the
installed
> packages in my R 2.3 version to the newly installed R 2.5 version, without
> having to install all the packages again. I copied the files under the old
> library subdirectory to the new library subdirectory. But still the newer
> version is not recognizing the packages that were copied over.
>
> Thanks.
>
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