Something like: if (!require(pkg)){ install.packages(pkg) }
Jason -----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Ralf B Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:26 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Install package automatically if not there? Hi fans, is it possible for a script to check if a library has been installed? I want to automatically install it if it is missing to avoid scripts to crash when running on a new machine... Ralf ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.