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

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 27/11/2007 5:39 PM, Rod wrote:
> 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".

I tried that.  It doesn't let me select a directory or more than one 
file within it; even if I select exactly one file, nothing happens.

Duncan Murdoch