R devel - Jan 2005 - Option for "Delete downloaded files (y/N)?" in install.packages()

Hello!

I have a wish/proposal.

Is it possible to include some option in install.packages() for
Delete downloaded files (y/N)? at the end of that process. It can
be quite anoying if you must install several packages and wait 
meanwhile to type y/n for each package separately.

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Lep pozdrav / With regards,
    Gregor GORJANC

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Gorjanc Gregor wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a wish/proposal.
>
> Is it possible to include some option in install.packages() for
> Delete downloaded files (y/N)? at the end of that process. It can
> be quite anoying if you must install several packages and wait
> meanwhile to type y/n for each package separately.
>
It's been done already for the next version. The NEWS file has

     install.packages() no longer asks if downloaded packages
     should be deleted: they will be deleted at the end of the
     session anyway (and can be deleted by the user at any time).



 	-thomas

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Gorjanc Gregor wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a wish/proposal.
>
> Is it possible to include some option in install.packages() for
> Delete downloaded files (y/N)? at the end of that process. It can
> be quite anoying if you must install several packages and wait
> meanwhile to type y/n for each package separately.
It does happen at the end of the process: you are using one call for the 
several packages?  Something like install.packages(c("pkg1,
"pkg2",
"pkg3"))?

In R-devel you are not asked at all, and even now you will not be 
asked if you specify destdir.

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Hello!

Thanks to Thomas and Brian for answers!

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
...
>> Is it possible to include some option in install.packages() for
>> Delete downloaded files (y/N)? at the end of that process. It can
>> be quite anoying if you must install several packages and wait
>> meanwhile to type y/n for each package separately.
> 
> It does happen at the end of the process: you are using one call for the 
> several packages?  Something like install.packages(c("pkg1,
"pkg2",
> "pkg3"))?
Yes, it does happen at the end of the process, but I wrote a simple script, 
which installs all favourite packages and it does one by one. I could
modify it to use the whole list at once also, but there is apparently no 
need since my wish/proposal is already solved in R-devel.
> 
> In R-devel you are not asked at all, and even now you will not be asked 
> if you specify destdir.
Yes, I know for the last one, but then you must delete them by "hand"!

-- 
Lep pozdrav / With regards,
     Gregor GORJANC

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University of Ljubljana
Biotechnical Faculty       URI: http://www.bfro.uni-lj.si
Zootechnical Department    mail: gregor.gorjanc <at> bfro.uni-lj.si
Groblje 3                  tel: +386 (0)1 72 17 861
SI-1230 Domzale            fax: +386 (0)1 72 17 888
Slovenia