Installing packages from RProfile.site file
On 17.07.2012 21:34, abhisarihan wrote:
I am trying to install custom packages upon starting R. A lot of the code that is written by us right now is available for editing to the users. To try and protect the code, I am packaging the production level code and having the users install it on their machine during start up. However, when I try to install packages in RProfile.site file, the program goes into a loop and R is constantly launched over and over.
Yes: install.packages() starts a separate R instances to install the package which reads the Rprofile.site file and starts a separate R instances to install the package which reads the Rprofile.site file and starts a separate R instances to install the package which reads the Rprofile.site file ........ Best, Uwe Ligges I noticed that
a lock file for the package is created along with the package in the library
folder within R.
Here is the code I have added to the site file:
if(length(grep("customPackage", installed.packages()[,1]))==0) {
install.packages("customPackage", repos=NULL, type="source")
}
When I try to run this code after starting R (without changing the site
file), it installs the package perfectly fine and moves on. However, when I
try to do it through the RProfile file, that's when it creates the problems.
Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated!
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