On my windows XP machine, if you uninstall R-2.7.1, the libraries which doesn't come with the original installation remain in the folder C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.1\library. So I first uninstall R-2.7.1, then install R-2.7.2, copy the remaining packages from the R-2.7.1 folder to the R-2.7.2 library folder. In R update packages.
Bart Robert A LaBudde wrote: > > At 04:12 AM 8/28/2008, ONKELINX, Thierry wrote: > >>On a windows machine you get the same problem. Useless one uses tha same >>trick as Rolf suggested: don't install the packages in the default >>directory and set R_LIBS to that directory. Then all you need to do >>after an upgrade is to set R_LIBS in the new version and run >>update.package(checkBuilt = TRUE). Given Rolf's suggestion I suppose >>this trick will work on a Mac too. > > What I do in installing a new version of R on a Windows system is as > follows: > > 1. In the "c:\Program Files\R" folder, the installation is in a > subfolder labeled by the version, such as "R-2.7.1". > > 2. I leave the old (say, 2.7.1) version installed, and install the > new version (say, 2.7.2). This leaves the old subfolder "R-2.7.1" > intact, and creates a new one "R-2.7.2". > > 3. I use a file-compare utility (in my case, Beyond Compare, which I > recommend), to compare the subfolders "C:\Program > Files\R\R-2.7.1\library" and "C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library". I > set the comparison to find files present or newer in the 2.7.1 folder > vs. the 2.7.2. Then I copy all such files over. > > 4. At this point, the 2.7.2 has the same or new packages than 2.7.1, > most or all of which will work. > > 5. I use the "Packages|Update Package ..." to update packages to 2.7.2. > > 6. Then I delete the 2.7.1 subfolder. > > You need Administrator rights to do this. > > > > > ================================================================ > Robert A. LaBudde, PhD, PAS, Dpl. ACAFS e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Least Cost Formulations, Ltd. URL: http://lcfltd.com/ > 824 Timberlake Drive Tel: 757-467-0954 > Virginia Beach, VA 23464-3239 Fax: 757-467-2947 > > "Vere scire est per causas scire" > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Upgrading-R-means-I-lose-my-packages-tp19193056p19216548.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.
