Message-ID: <20110131030323.GA11875@loaner.com>
Date: 2011-01-31T03:03:23Z
From: Kingsley G. Morse Jr.
Subject: updating r-cran- packages on a new Ubuntu lucid system
In-Reply-To: <19782.8491.471921.651192@max.nulle.part>
Hi Dirk,
Thanks for explaining that you keep packages
installed by R and package managers in separate
directories.
Do you happen to have any advice on how to avoid
installing conflicting versions of the same
package?
Thanks,
Kingsley
On 01/30/11 20:40, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>
> For what it's worth, I use the scriipt below (via ~/bin/update.r) which is
> also an example script in the littler package.
>
> It _explicitly_ restricts the update to
>
> /usr/local/lib/R/site-library
>
> so that the update from R is kept separate from the update via the Debian or
> Ubuntu package manager.
>
> Hope this helps, Dirk