SciViews (version 0.8-8)

updateLocalPackages: Update packages from a local source easily under Windows

Description

Update packages from a local source like a CD-Rom. These packages must be windows binaries (.zip) and a 'package' file must describe them in the same directory as it is done on CRAN.

Usage

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

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

ask

Should we ask for each package if it should be updated?

Value

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

See Also

localPackages, installLocalPackages