[R-SIG-Finance] RES: installation of old verisons of fPortfolio

[Julio Ferreira]

Supposing i discover how to do it on windows, should I rename it first
(to avoid conflicts resulting of two packeages with the same name)??
rgds

-----Mensagem original-----
De: Brian G. Peterson [mailto:brian at braverock.com] 
Enviada em: sexta-feira, 20 de julho de 2007 18:35
Para: Julio Ferreira
Cc: r-sig-finance at stat.math.ethz.ch
Assunto: Re: [R-SIG-Finance] installation of old verisons of fPortfolio

Julio Ferreira wrote:
> I want to install an old version of package fPortfolio, which is
> available on Cran-Packages-archives as a .tar.gz file. 
> 
> Is it possible?
> 
> How should I proceed to avoid conflicts with the current version of
> fPortfolio that I have already installed?

In Windows, I have no idea how it's done but I'm sure it's possible.

In *nix, you would:

R CMD INSTALL somepackage.tar.gz

from a shell.

Regards,

   - Brian