Without knowing your OS this is hard to answer (and is the wrong list for
the ESS question).
For Windows users, the packages part is covered in the rw-FAQ.
For Unix-alikes, it all depends how the update was done, but normal
package update mechanisms (such as RPM) will not wipe out previously
installed R packages: nor will 'make install'.
In either case you don't need root access to install packages, as you can
use a private library. We have things set up so a user's R_LIBS is
something like
R_LIBS=~/Rlibrary:/usr/local/Rlibs:/usr/local/BioC
and then install.packages() automatically installs into the user's own
library (if it has been created).
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Christian Hennig wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> it seems that if I update R, it doesn't find previously installed packages
> anymore and is also not found by ESS.
> Actually the update has been done by our system administrator who assumed
> that there would be no problems with these things (I don't have root
> access to this system) and will perhaps not be too keen on installing
> everything else again.
> Is there any simple way how ESS and the packages can be connected to the
> new R?
>
> I remember that whenever I updated R on my private computers, I installed
> everything else again as well - but that's certainly not everybodies
> taste...
>
> Best,
> Christian
>
>
> *** --- ***
> Christian Hennig
> University College London, Department of Statistical Science
> Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, phone +44 207 679 1698
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucakche
>
> ______________________________________________
> [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
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
--
Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
______________________________________________
[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
and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
