[R-SIG-Mac] Installing binary packages from a disk

[Rod]

On Nov 27, 2007 9:50 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
> I have a CDR with a collection of *.tgz binary packages on it.  I can
> install them all with something like
>
>  install.packages(list.files( "/Volumes/071127_1456/MacOSX/Packages",
> full=T),repos=NULL)
>
> but is there a way to do it from the Package Installer in the GUI?  I'm
> going to be teaching some people R on Friday, and I'd like to be able to
> tell the Mac users how to do this in a friendly way.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
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I never try this form of installation (local), maybe if you select
inside Package Installer GUI the option "Local Binary Package" and
then click on "Install".
Rod.