Hi All: When I ask about updating packages in my R distribution, it lists ggplot2 version 3.0.0 as being available. I know that ggplot2 version 3.0.0 has made some significant changes that will break certain things. I would like to install the new version, to see if it breaks anything that I do, but I would also like to be able to revert back to the old version if it makes it impossible to do some of the work I need to get done, and then switch back again to the new version to test some more. Is there some elegant way of doing this? If I just drag the appropriate Folder out of my directory and replace it with the one I want, will that do it, or are there too many other dependencies that are involved? Thanks for any suggestions. -Roy ********************** "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or NOAA." ********************** Roy Mendelssohn Supervisory Operations Research Analyst NOAA/NMFS Environmental Research Division Southwest Fisheries Science Center ***Note new street address*** 110 McAllister Way Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Phone: (831)-420-3666 Fax: (831) 420-3980 e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn at noaa.gov www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." "From those who have been given much, much will be expected" "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK Jr.
One way to test the new ggplot2 is to make a new directory to use as an R
library and to install the new ggplot2 there.
newLibrary <- "C:/tmp/newRLibrary"
dir.create(newLibrary)
install.packages("ggplot2", lib=newLibrary)
Then you can run two R sessions at once, starting one with
.libPaths("C:/tmp/newRLibrary")
to use the new ggplot2 and the othe without that line to use the old ggpot2.
Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com
On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal via R-help <
r-help at r-project.org> wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> When I ask about updating packages in my R distribution, it lists ggplot2
> version 3.0.0 as being available. I know that ggplot2 version 3.0.0 has
> made some significant changes that will break certain things. I would like
> to install the new version, to see if it breaks anything that I do, but I
> would also like to be able to revert back to the old version if it makes it
> impossible to do some of the work I need to get done, and then switch back
> again to the new version to test some more. Is there some elegant way of
> doing this? If I just drag the appropriate Folder out of my directory and
> replace it with the one I want, will that do it, or are there too many
> other dependencies that are involved?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> -Roy
>
>
>
>
> **********************
> "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S.
> Government or NOAA."
> **********************
> Roy Mendelssohn
> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
> NOAA/NMFS
> Environmental Research Division
> Southwest Fisheries Science Center
> ***Note new street address***
> 110 McAllister Way
> Santa Cruz, CA 95060
> Phone: (831)-420-3666
> Fax: (831) 420-3980
> e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn at noaa.gov www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/
>
> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
> "From those who have been given much, much will be expected"
> "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward
justice" -MLK
> Jr.
>
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Thanks! -Roy> On Jul 3, 2018, at 2:40 PM, William Dunlap <wdunlap at tibco.com> wrote: > > One way to test the new ggplot2 is to make a new directory to use as an R library and to install the new ggplot2 there. > newLibrary <- "C:/tmp/newRLibrary" > dir.create(newLibrary) > install.packages("ggplot2", lib=newLibrary) > Then you can run two R sessions at once, starting one with > .libPaths("C:/tmp/newRLibrary") > to use the new ggplot2 and the othe without that line to use the old ggpot2. > > > Bill Dunlap > TIBCO Software > wdunlap tibco.com > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal via R-help <r-help at r-project.org> wrote: > Hi All: > > When I ask about updating packages in my R distribution, it lists ggplot2 version 3.0.0 as being available. I know that ggplot2 version 3.0.0 has made some significant changes that will break certain things. I would like to install the new version, to see if it breaks anything that I do, but I would also like to be able to revert back to the old version if it makes it impossible to do some of the work I need to get done, and then switch back again to the new version to test some more. Is there some elegant way of doing this? If I just drag the appropriate Folder out of my directory and replace it with the one I want, will that do it, or are there too many other dependencies that are involved? > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > -Roy > > > > > ********************** > "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or NOAA." > ********************** > Roy Mendelssohn > Supervisory Operations Research Analyst > NOAA/NMFS > Environmental Research Division > Southwest Fisheries Science Center > ***Note new street address*** > 110 McAllister Way > Santa Cruz, CA 95060 > Phone: (831)-420-3666 > Fax: (831) 420-3980 > e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn at noaa.gov www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ > > "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." > "From those who have been given much, much will be expected" > "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK Jr. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >********************** "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or NOAA." ********************** Roy Mendelssohn Supervisory Operations Research Analyst NOAA/NMFS Environmental Research Division Southwest Fisheries Science Center ***Note new street address*** 110 McAllister Way Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Phone: (831)-420-3666 Fax: (831) 420-3980 e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn at noaa.gov www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." "From those who have been given much, much will be expected" "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK Jr.