the windoze faq that you refer to doesn't quite address the question that i asked, but thanks all the same.
2.8 What's the best way to upgrade? That's a matter of taste. For most people the best thing to do is to uninstall R (see the previous Q), install the new version, copy any installed packages to the library folder in the new installation, run update.packages() in the new R (`Update packages...' from the Packages menu, if you prefer) and then delete anything left of the old installation. Different versions of R are quite deliberately installed in parallel folders so you can keep old versions around if you wish. Upgrading from R 1.x.y to R 2.x.y is special as all the packages need to be reinstalled. Rather than copy them across, make a note of their names and re-install them from CRAN. Christos Hatzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: See Windows FAQ 2.8 - works well. -Christos -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Harte Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 2:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [R] copying previously installed libraries to R 2.3.0 hi all, is there a new mechanism in R 2.3.0 for copying libraries from, say, R 2.2.1 to R 2.3.0? i ask because gabor grothendieck comments in his copydir.bat (from gabor's batchfiles at: http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/batchfiles/batchfiles_0.2-5.zip ): ``:: I personally upgraded my 2.1.0 to 2.2.0 this way so it seems ok until :: R replaces this with something better which is expected for 2.3.0. ''' see also the posting below. cheers, thomas. [R] copy contributed packages from R 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 This message: [ Message body ] [ More options ] Related messages: [ Next message ] [ Previous message ] [ In reply to ] [ Next in thread ] From: Ronnie Babigumira Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:58:36 +0100 Hi Helli, this came up last week, Here are some of the replys posted 1. In http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/batchfiles/batchfiles_0.2-5.zip are two Windows XP batch files: movedir.bat copydir.bat which will move the packages (which is much faster and suitable if you don't need the old version of R any more) or copy the packages (which takes longer but preserves the old version). 2. x <- installed.packages()[,1] install.packages(x) 3. This is one reason we normally recommend that you install into a separate library. Then update.packages(checkBuilt = TRUE) is all that is needed. However, foo <- installed.packages() as.vector(foo[is.na(foo[, "Priority"]), 1]) will give you a character vector which you can feed to install.packages(), so it's not complex to do manually. 4. If the previous installation is still alive, fire it up and pS <- packageStatus() pkgs <- pS$inst$Package[!pS$inst$Priority %in% c("base", "recommended")] save(pkgs, file = "foo") In the new installation, load("foo") install.packages(pkgs) Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote: > hi R-users, > > a few days ago R 2.2.1 came out. on my win xp i'installed R 2.2.0. along the time i've installed a lot of contributed packages. my internet-connection is not very fast. > > so my question: is it possible after installing R 2.2.1 to do copy/paste the contributed packages from the C:\Programme\R221 to the C:\Programme\R2.2.1- location in the files system? > > or have i to download and install the packages new? > > > greetings from the snowy austria > merry christmas > helli > > system > R.2.2.0 > win xp > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > Received on Fri Dec 23 2005 - 15:58:36 EST This message: [ Message body ] Next message: Matthias Kohl: "[R] convolution of the double exponential distribution" Previous message: Helmut Kudrnovsky: "[R] copy contributed packages from R 2.2.0 to 2.2.1" In reply to: Helmut Kudrnovsky: "[R] copy contributed packages from R 2.2.0 to 2.2.1" Next in thread: Uwe Ligges: "[R] copy contributed packages from R 2.2.0 to 2.2.1" Contemporary messages sorted: [ by date ] [ by thread ] [ by subject ] [ by author ] [ by messages with attachments ] This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Sat Dec 31 2005 - 19:09:32 EST [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
