Dear all.
I am trying to install missing (not installed) packages during startup of R through code in Rprofile.site but I miserably failed and I am not sure what I am doing wrong. R is installed to C:Program files but it is not writable for the users, therefore I cannot change Rprofile.site located in root etc directory. I however can put Rprofile.site in users home directory (Documents) and use it for R startup setting (partly). However I want for less experienced users to put a code here to check installed packages, check if some specified set of packages is installed and install them, but it is not working. The code in Rprofile.site is: #********** test <- scan("pack.txt", character(), quote = "") inst <- installed.packages() install.packages(test[!test %in% inst], repos="https://cloud.r-project.org") #********** An example of pack.txt is e.g. ggplot2 zoo but the code is not executed and packages are not installed. If I use this code after R starts, everything is OK and packages are installed to > Sys.getenv("R_LIBS_USER") [1] "C:\\Users\\PikalP\\AppData\\Local/R/win-library/4.2" > The same applies if I put e.g. library(MASS) in the Rprofile.site, the package is not loaded but after R is live, library(MASS) loads a package. So my question is What is the best way to check after fresh R installation if some predefined set of packages is installed and if not, perform an installation without user intervention in Windows environment? S pozdravem | Best Regards Petr
ggplot2 zoo
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