R: Install R packages by name or URL

installPackages {R.utils} | R Documentation

## Install R packages by name or URL

### Description

Install R packages by name or URL.

### Usage

    ## Default S3 method:
    installPackages(pkgs, types="auto", repos=getOption("repos"), ..., destPath=".",
      cleanup=TRUE)

### Arguments

`pkgs` | A `character` `vector` specifying the names and/or the URLs of the R packages to be installed.
`types` | A `character` `vector` of corresponding package types.
`repos` | A `character` `vector` of package repository URLs.
`...` | Additional arguments passed to `install.packages`.
`destPath` | Path where any downloaded files are saved.
`cleanup` | If `TRUE`, downloaded and successfully installed package files are removed, otherwise not.

### Value

Returns nothing.

### Limitations

This method cannot install any packages that are already in use. Certain packages are always in use when calling this method, e.g. R.methodsS3, R.oo, and R.utils.

### Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

### Examples

    ## Not run:
     installPackages("R.rsp")
     installPackages("http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/R.rsp/R.rsp_0.8.2.tar.gz")
     installPackages("http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/r-release/R.rsp_0.9.17.zip")

    ## End(Not run)

[Package R.utils version 2.7.0 Index]