R help - Apr 2005 - install own packages

Hi,

Soory, if I missed relevant help pages.

I have developed several packages myself and want to give them to a 
collegue in *.tar.gz form (Unix, Solaris).

What is the proper function to install them? install.packages() with a 
path pointing to the local temp instead of to CRAN?

Thanks for help.
Christian
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Christian Hoffmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Soory, if I missed relevant help pages.
Yes, you missed quite a lot

  - the "R Installation and Administration" manual
  - the help ?install.packages which points you to
  - ?INSTALL
  - and there's also an article on package management
    in the R Help Desk of R-News 3/3

Uwe Ligges


> I have developed several packages myself and want to give them to a 
> collegue in *.tar.gz form (Unix, Solaris).
> 
> What is the proper function to install them? install.packages() with a 
> path pointing to the local temp instead of to CRAN?
 >
> Thanks for help.
> Christian