Everyone using R in Windows should look at these batch files. Some of them are pure genius and will speed the process. Thanks
John On 14/07/07, Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note that the batchfiles distribution on CRAN has two batch > programs: > > copydir.bat > movedir.bat > > that simplify the copying portion of the procedure you > discuss below. They can copy or move (copying > preserves the old directory but moving is much faster) > each package but will not overwrite existing packages > so the new versions of packages are preserved while the > old ones are added. Here is an example using copydir. > Replace copydir with movedir below to move rather than copy: > > cd \Program Files\R > copydir R-2.4.1\library R-2.5.0\library > > See the batchfiles' home page at: > > http://code.google.com/p/batchfiles/ > > The README file contains the instructions given above (and more) and > also a number of alternative procedures that do not involve the use of > the batchfiles. > > On 7/13/07, John C Frain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: John C Frain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 13-Jul-2007 22:30 > > Subject: Re: [R] THANK YOU: Updating R version > > To: "Christopher W. Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > When I update R the following has worked for me (Windows XP) > > > > 1. Install the new version to a new directory (say C:\Program > > Files\R\R-2.5.1). > > > > 2 Rename the new library subdirectory to library2. > > > > 3 Copy the entire contents of the old library subdirectory (say > > C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\library\ to the new R root to create > > C:\Program Files\R\R-2.5.1\library\ . > > > > 4 Copy the contents of library2 to library to update your basic library. > > > > 5 Now start your new version of R and update packages from the GUI or > > from the R console. (You may need to firs check Rprofile .site to > > ensure that no packages have been loaded) > > > > 6. On occasion I have got warning messages when I tried to load > > packages after this procedure. This has been cleared by running > > > > update.packages(checkBuilt = TRUE) > > > > This checks that your packages have been built with the latest > > version. When I do this I agree to install all available updates. > > > > 7 You may wish to copy various autoloads etc from your old > > Rprofile.site to your new Rprofile.site. I understand that there are > > some compatibility problems with 2.5.1 and SciViews so be careful. > > ______________________________________________ [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.
