Synchronizing R libraries on N machines?

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Giovanni Petris <gpetris at uark.edu>
wrote:
        Hello!
        
        I am using R on two different machines (under Ubuntu and OS X,
        but this
        is probably irrelevant) and I would like to keep the two
        installations
        'synchronized', in particular in terms of installed packages.
        For
        example, if I install package xxx on my Linux machine, I would
        like to
        find it installed also on my Mac, and vice versa.
        
        I imagine this to be a fairly common problem, so I would like
        to ask if
        anybody has suggestions to share about it. Is there a way to
        make the
        synchronization automatic? Painless?


library()$result[,1] returns the names of the installed packages. If
you do this on one machine, then compare it with the same outpout on
the other machine, you can identify the packages which are not
installed, and you can install those.


e.g.:
x <- letters[1:10]
y <- letters[5:20]
lx[!(x %in% y)]


returns 
"a" "b" "c" "d"


which are in x, but not y.


Hope this helps,


Rainer


returns the letters which are in 
        
        Thank you in advance for the suggestions.
        
        Best,
        Giovanni
        
        
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        Department of Mathematical Sciences
        University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR 72701
        Ph: (479) 575-6324, 575-8630 (fax)
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From: Giovanni Petris <gpetris at uark.edu>
Subject: Re: [R] Synchronizing R libraries on N machines?
To: "Rainer M Krug" <r.m.krug at gmail.com>
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Date: Friday, 26 August, 2011, 14:05
Hi Rainer,

This certainly helps, but it still requires to do some work
by hand. I
was hoping for something more automatic - but so far nobody
has
suggested a better approach.

Thank you,
Giovanni


On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 15:43 +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote:

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Giovanni Petris

<gpetris at uark.edu>

wrote:
? ? ? ???Hello!
? ? ? ???
? ? ? ???I am using R on

two different machines (under Ubuntu and OS X,

? ? ? ???but this
? ? ? ???is probably

irrelevant) and I would like to keep the two

? ? ? ???installations
? ? ? ???'synchronized',

in particular in terms of installed packages.

? ? ? ???For
? ? ? ???example, if I

install package xxx on my Linux machine, I would

? ? ? ???like to
? ? ? ???find it

installed also on my Mac, and vice versa.

? ? ? ???
? ? ? ???I imagine this

to be a fairly common problem, so I would like

? ? ? ???to ask if
? ? ? ???anybody has

suggestions to share about it. Is there a way to

? ? ? ???make the
? ? ? ???synchronization

automatic? Painless?

library()$result[,1] returns the names of the

installed packages. If

you do this on one machine, then compare it with the

same outpout on

the other machine, you can identify the packages which

are not

installed, and you can install those.


e.g.:
x <- letters[1:10]
y <- letters[5:20]
lx[!(x %in% y)]


returns 
"a" "b" "c" "d"


which are in x, but not y.


Hope this helps,


Rainer


returns the letters which are in 
? ? ? ???
? ? ? ???Thank you in

advance for the suggestions.

? ? ? ???
? ? ? ???Best,
? ? ? ???Giovanni
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? ? ? ???
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Petris? <GPetris at uark.edu>

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Professor

? ? ? ???Department of

Mathematical Sciences

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Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR 72701

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575-6324, 575-8630 (fax)

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Hello!

I am using R on two different machines (under Ubuntu and OS X, but this
is probably irrelevant) and I would like to keep the two installations
'synchronized', in particular in terms of installed packages. For
example, if I install package xxx on my Linux machine, I would like to
find it installed also on my Mac, and vice versa. 

I imagine this to be a fairly common problem, so I would like to ask if
anybody has suggestions to share about it. Is there a way to make the
synchronization automatic? Painless?