behind the scenes: how updateR worksĪs experimented with Ramazon package, which allows you to publish your shiny app on amazon AWS with a function, I developed updateR mainly leveraging the system() function, which lets you pass commands to the command line directly from the R environment.

That is all you need to know to use updateR.īy the way If you want to know more on how the function works, have a look at the following paragraphs. Open a Terminal session and run 'R' to assert that latest version was installed Since every command launched in background (see below for more infos) is passed with verbose option on, you will suddenly see your console being populated of output messages informing you on how things are going on.Ī the end of the installation process those two lines should appear: How to update R version using the updateR packageĪs seen, updating R version from R is actually a breeze: you just need to run a function.Īll you will need to do is retrieve your MAC admin user password and then run the two following lines of code: Install_github('andreacirilloac/updateR') You will therefore have to install it leveraging the install_github() function from devtools package: Short paragraphs which follow shows you how to install and use the package. This password is required because some of the command executed by updateR() are run as super user (for advanced readers we are talking of our old “sudo” friend). That is to say you will only have to provide admin user password. UpdateR(admin_password = 'os_admin_user_password') That is why I developed updateR, a package that let’s you update your R version from R itself just running the following line of code: Mac version of updateR function: the UpdateR package

The only issue with this function is that it works only on Windows Operating systems. YOU CAN FIND THE UPDATED AND MAINTAINED ONE AT http: //I personally really appreciate the InstallR package from Tal galilli, since it lets you install a great number of tools needed for working with R just running a function.Īmong these functions one of my favourite is the updateR()* function which checks for new versions of R language and in case of positive response installs it on your machine.

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