There is also some info in Q7 on http://batchfiles.googlecode.com which also has scripts movedir.bat and copydir.bat for faciliting the moving or copoying of the packages from one library to another (or from any folder to another for that matter) on Windows. That can facilitate the copying/moving discussed in R FAQ 2.8 (on Windows).
The only package that I have had problems with after that was RGtk2 and after I reinstalled it install.packages("RGtk2", dep = TRUE) then it worked fine too. I had used the menu: Packages | Update rather than update.packages(checkBuilt = TRUE, ask = FALSE) as recommended in R FAQ 2.8 so its possible that had I strictly followed the FAQ that that would have worked too although it might also have resulted in additional unnecessary and time consuming downloads -- not sure. On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:22 AM, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We don't know this was for Windows, but a better answer is in the rw-FAQ > Q2.8. > > Please (everyone) don't give answers to FAQs but refer to the official FAQ. > (If you think you know a better answer, check that out with the FAQ > maintainer(s) first.) > > On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Christian Schulz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> in Windows install the new R-base Installer in a new folder , move or copy >> all additional packages from old library folder to the new one >> (..do not overwrite the packages included in the base installation!). Now >> start the new version and type: update.packages(ask=F). >> >> >> regards, Christian >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> Hi to everybody >>> >>> is there any way to update from an older version of R to a newer one >>> without >>> having to reload all the packages I've used up to that time?Many regards >>> to all of you >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ___________________________________________________________ >>> ΧÏ???ηÏ???ιΌοÏ???οιείÏ[[elided Yahoo spam]] >>> Î???αÏ???εΞÎ(R)καÏ???ε Ï???α εΜοÏ???ληÏ???ικά Όη >>> ΎιαΞÎÏ???ει Ï???ηΜ καλÏ???Ï???εÏ???η ÎŽÏ???ΜαÏ???Î(R) >>> Ï???Ï???οÏ???Ï???αÏ???ία καÏ???ά Ï???Ï???Μ >>> εΜοÏ???ληÏ???ικÏ???Μ >>> ΌηΜÏ???ΌάÏ???Ï???Μ http://login.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=gr >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > ______________________________________________ > 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.