[R-SIG-Mac] Where are my packages?

[Simon Urbanek]

On May 19, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Berend Hasselman wrote:

> 
> On 19-05-2011, at 20:48, Wayne Gray wrote:
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>> I just upgraded to 2.13 from 2.12.
>> 
>> As far as I can figure things are working well except that none of the packages I downloaded for 2.12 are available to 2.13. That would not be an issue as it is easy to download packages as needed. I can do this and they work.
>> 
> 
> So you have downloaded what you need?
> How did you install?
> With the GUI?
> 
>> What is the issue is that I don't know where they are being stored. The ones for 2.12 are here:
>> 
>> /Users/wgray/Library/R/2.12/library
>> 
>> 2.13 created a similar directory but there is nothing in it.
>> 
> 
> On system level in /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/<package>
> 
> 
>> In the Preferences for 2.13 I do have the box checked to make  ~/Library/R... the default path (as per the screen shot attached to this email but probably stripped out by the listserv software). And, yes, I have restarted my machine several times since this was checked (I think I set this two days ago).
>> 
>> So stuff is somewheres as the package install when I load them. I would like to know (a) where they are, (b) how I can get them to go into the ~/Library/R... directory, and (c) whether it is prudent and reasonable to move everything that is in the 2.12 library into the 2.13 library.
>> 
> 
> See section 5.2 of the R For Mac OS X FAQ. It explains it all.
> 
> You seem to be running the R GUI.
>> From the menu select Packages & Data, Package Installer.
> Choose CRAN (binaries) for Packages repository (assuming you want binaries).
> In the search box (on the righthand side of the panel) click on the little triangle.
> Click on Select packages from R2.12. <=====  that's the magic
> (You may also have to click on Get List).
> Click on Update All.
> 
> I hope that I got this right (it's what I did when updating from 2.12 to 2.13)
> 

That works (and is designed to work) on the system level, it doesn't look into your user-level packages.

Cheers,
Simon