Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Thomas Stabla wrote:
....
> > 1) install.packages("<package>") will install <package>, no matter if
> > <package> has already been installed.
> > 2) the readline() at the end of install.packages, which asks the user, if
> > the downloaded files should be deleted, makes it difficult to
> > delete packages automatically after installation (I must admit, I'm not
> > quite familiar with R CMD BATCH)
> >
> >
> > Question/Request:
> > Is the behaviour in 1) intended?
>
> Most definitely. I might want to install it in another library, or to
> reinstall it under the current version of R.
Or, as happened to me about an hour ago: You install a package with a
dozen dependencies, then realize that you want to rerun with
dependencies=TRUE.
> > 2) I'd like to have another bool argument, which determines, if the
> > downloaded files should be deleted.
>
> What do you think 'destdir' is there for? If set, this check is skipped.
> You can set it to tempdir() if you like, which is wiped at the end of the
> session.
Hmm, a bit indirect, isn't it? Adding a 'delete' argument wouldn't
harm, I suppose. Or use 'ask', which could sensibly be passed down
from update.packages().
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