Dear Roger, > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger D. Peng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:30 AM > To: John Fox > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [R] contriburl argument to install.packages > > Would this work for you? > > install.packages(pathtopackagezipfile, CRAN = NULL) >
This doesn't work for me since it requires that one to include the version part of the file name. Thanks, John > Although, you can only do one at a time, I think. > > -roger > > John Fox wrote: > > Dear list members, > > > > I can't figure out how to specify the contriburl argument to > > install.packages() properly when the packages to be > installed are in a > > directory on my local machine. I have in mind a command > something like > > > > install.packages(missing.packages, contriburl=directory, > > lib=.libPaths()[1]) > > > > Where missing.packages is a character vector of package > names (without > > versions) and directory is the location where they reside (less > > PACKAGES, I guess). I'm using R version 1.9.1 on a Windows > XP machine. > > Several variations on directory <- "file:c:/temp" don't > seem to work. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > John > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
