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How to use multiple versions of a R library?

2 messages · lutz.thieme@amd.com, Uwe Ligges

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lutz.thieme@amd.com
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Hello everybody,

is there a possibility to install and use multiple versions of a R library 
at the same time? 
A few words regarding the background of this question:
If I change functions of an already developed package, I have to 
verify complex functions in a lot of R applications. So it would be useful
to use different versions of a function/library and switch to the newer 
function/library application by application to avoid crashes. I know that 
the library function has an argument "version", but finally I don't know 
how to install and use different versions at the same time.
Any ideas and hints are appreciated - thank you in advance!

	Kind regards,

	Lutz


	Lutz Thieme
	Product Engineering
	AMD Saxony Limited Liability Company & Co. KG
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Uwe Ligges
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lutz.thieme at amd.com wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
R CMD INSTALL --help
tells us to use the option
   --with-package-versions
      allow for multiple versions of the same package
when installing the packages.

Uwe Ligges