On 29 April 2012 at 13:48, Lee Hachadoorian wrote: | Thanks so much for this information. I have a question about | cran2deb4ubuntu PPA. Currently I use a CRAN repository, then | install.packages() within R for whatever isn't available in the | repository. If I want to use cran2deb4ubuntu, does it completely replace | the CRAN repository? Or do I use both and let the package manager | determine where to retrieve a package from?
It is entirely independent, and R resolves what it loads via .libPath(). On my system, with the default suggested by the Debian / Ubuntu package R> .libPaths() [1] "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library" "/usr/lib/R/site-library" [3] "/usr/lib/R/library" R> the local R packages always win. | Also, since I have many packages installed within R, do you know what | the effect would be of adding the PPA? Would installed packages get | updated, or would I have to uninstall in R and reinstall via PPA? No need, but see above and understand what .libPaths does. It's all documented and has been answered before, eg http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2170043/r-apt-get-install-r-cran-foo-vs-install-packagesfoo Dirk -- R/Finance 2012 Conference on May 11 and 12, 2012 at UIC in Chicago, IL See agenda, registration details and more at http://www.RinFinance.com _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
