SciViews (version 0.8-8)

installLocalPackages: Install packages from a local source under Windows

Description

Install one or several local packages, for instance from a CD-rom. These packages must be Windows binaries (.zip), and a 'package' in the same directory must describe them the same way it is done in CRAN.

Usage

installLocalPackages(basedir = "d:/R", url = paste("file:", basedir, "/bin/windows/contrib", sep = ""))

Arguments

basedir

The base directory of the local installation files

url

The whole path, or url, to use for installation. If provided, it overrides basedir

Value

• This function returns nothing. It is invoked for its side effects.

See Also

localPackages, updateLocalPackages