It was my experience yesterday with using the old method (copy folders to new ../library/ and use update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE) ) that I was given the option to have packages with more recent updates compiled from source. I had anticipated the issue (time) mentioned by Simon, so I only copied over perhaps a third of my full complement of packages.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 25, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal > <roy.mendelss...@noaa.gov> wrote: > > Hi Simon: > > Perfect, thank you for the info. One of the reasons I was asking is in > ~/Library/R i have a umber of packages that in fact are in CRAN but what I > have are the development versions. Everything I have in > /Library/Frameworks/R are the CRAN versions. It is easier for me to do the > ~/Library//R update myself through a script so I keep the development > versions. > > Mostly also thanks for all of your work on the Mac version. Much appreciated. > > -Roy > >> On Apr 25, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> >> wrote: >> >> Roy, >> >> first, I'd recommend holding off with updating packages. Due to the number >> of packages, updating all of them takes quite some time, so in order to use >> the binaries that are built with the release version of R it will probably >> take at least until tomorrow that they are propagated through the mirror >> network. Hence you'll have to re-install them anyway if you do it now. >> >> That said, the "select packages from previous version" search function only >> applies to the system library - the use library is not in scope. However, >> where you install those packages is up to you depending on the selection in >> the Package Installer - the two steps are separate in the GUI. >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> >> >> >>> On Apr 25, 2018, at 11:26 AM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal >>> <roy.mendelss...@noaa.gov> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All: >>> >>> If I remember correctly how R release numbers work, R 3.5.0 would mean >>> best practice would be to re-install all packages, is this correct? The >>> Mac version has had a mechanism that does helps automate this process, but >>> I have a few questions as to how this works. Specifically: >>> >>> 1. In looking for packages to re-install, does it look just in the >>> /LIbrary/Frameworks/R location for packages, or does it look in >>> ~/username/Library/R also? >>> >>> 2. If it does look at both locations, does the re-install then put >>> everything into /LIbrary/Frameworks/R or is present location maintained? >>> >>> I ask because I have a lot of packages in ~/username/Library/R and want to >>> maintain things that way, so I want to be certain that I know what will >>> happen fi I use the built-in mechanism. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -Roy >>> >>> >>> >>> ********************** >>> "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. >>> Government or NOAA." >>> ********************** >>> Roy Mendelssohn >>> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst >>> NOAA/NMFS >>> Environmental Research Division >>> Southwest Fisheries Science Center >>> ***Note new street address*** >>> 110 McAllister Way >>> Santa Cruz, CA 95060 >>> Phone: (831)-420-3666 >>> Fax: (831) 420-3980 >>> e-mail: roy.mendelss...@noaa.gov www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ >>> >>> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." >>> "From those who have been given much, much will be expected" >>> "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK >>> Jr. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> >> > > ********************** > "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. > Government or NOAA." > ********************** > Roy Mendelssohn > Supervisory Operations Research Analyst > NOAA/NMFS > Environmental Research Division > Southwest Fisheries Science Center > ***Note new street address*** > 110 McAllister Way > Santa Cruz, CA 95060 > Phone: (831)-420-3666 > Fax: (831) 420-3980 > e-mail: roy.mendelss...@noaa.gov www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ > > "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." > "From those who have been given much, much will be expected" > "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
