Re: [R] Updating from an Old to a New version of R

On Windows, you also can use Gabor Grothendieck's copydir which is part of his utility set batchfiles available in the "Other" part of CRAN. It copies all packages which are available in a source tree but not available in a target tree from the source tree to the target tree. Then you still have to

Re: [R] Updating from an Old to a New version of R

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

Re: [R] Updating from an Old to a New version of R

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:

Re: [R] Updating from an Old to a New version of R

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

Re: [R] Updating from an Old to a New version of R

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[R] Updating from an Old to a New version of R

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