Hi all, I have an old package installed, say "abc". Now I made some changes to the source, and built a new version of the source code "abc_0.1.1.tar.gz". How can I update the old package to this newer version from the local tar.gz file? I was running the following, but it did not work. setwd("directory where the tar.gz file locates") update.packages(repos=NULL,pkgs="abc_0.1.1.tar.gz",type="source") The code runs, but when I load library(abc) again, it is still the old version... What did I miss here? Thanks.
On Jan 3, 2010, at 11:08 AM, Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang wrote:> Hi all, > > I have an old package installed, say "abc". Now I made some changes > to the source, > and built a new version of the source code "abc_0.1.1.tar.gz". How > can I update the > old package to this newer version from the local tar.gz file? I was > running the > following, but it did not work. > > setwd("directory where the tar.gz file locates") > > update.packages(repos=NULL,pkgs="abc_0.1.1.tar.gz",type="source") > > The code runs, but when I load library(abc) again, it is still the > old version... What > did I miss here? Thanks.I thought that the library() function checks to see if it's argument is already loaded and ignores the command if it is. I think you need to restart R to see if you update was successful. -- David Winsemius, MD Heritage Laboratories West Hartford, CT
Thanks. But I after I restarted R, it is still the old version of the package that is loaded. Am I using the update.packages() correctly? Regards, Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang
1. Please quote the old threat, at least I do not keep old messages. 2. Try install.packages() from a freshly started R (that has not loaded the package in advance). 3. Since I am doing things in the shell for package development anyway, I tend to call package installation from the shell as well: R CMD INSTALL foo_x.y-z.tar.gz Uwe Ligges Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang wrote:> Thanks. But I after I restarted R, it is still the old version of the package that is > loaded. Am I using the update.packages() correctly? > Regards, > Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > 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.
Sorry. The original message is below. Uwe, do you mean if i just want to update the old package abc, i have to run "R INSTALL abc_0.1.1.tar.gz" in the shell? I know that will overwrite that package, but can I do something with the update.packages() function within R? From what I read in the documentation, update.packages() seems to work for local source file update as well. Anybody any advice? Thanks ---- Original message ---- Hi all, I have an old package installed, say "abc". Now I made some changes to the source, and built a new version of the source code "abc_0.1.1.tar.gz". How can I update the old package to this newer version from the local tar.gz file? I was running the following, but it did not work. setwd("directory where the tar.gz file locates") update.packages(repos=NULL,pkgs="abc_0.1.1.tar.gz",type="source") The code runs, but when I load library(abc) again, it is still the old version... What did I miss here? Thanks.>Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:55:44 +0100 >From: Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> >Subject: Re: [R] update packages from local >To: "Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang" <actuaryzhang at uchicago.edu> >Cc: David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>, r-help at r-project.org > >1. Please quote the old threat, at least I do not keep old messages. >2. Try install.packages() from a freshly started R (that has not loaded >the package in advance). >3. Since I am doing things in the shell for package development anyway, >I tend to call package installation from the shell as well: > >R CMD INSTALL foo_x.y-z.tar.gz > >Uwe Ligges > > > >Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang wrote: >> Thanks. But I after I restarted R, it is still the old version of the package thatis>> loaded. Am I using the update.packages() correctly? >> Regards, >> Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list >> 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.Regards, Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010, Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang wrote:> Sorry. The original message is below. > > Uwe, do you mean if i just want to update the old package abc, i have to run "R > INSTALL abc_0.1.1.tar.gz" in the shell? I know that will overwrite that package, > but can I do something with the update.packages() function within R? From what > I read in the documentation, update.packages() seems to work for local source > file update as well.You read incorrectly: install.packages() works with local files, but to *update* you need to use a repository (which can be on your disc, but needs to have a PACKAGES or PACKAGES.gz file). The main function of the set is ?update.packages?. First a list of all packages/bundles found in ?lib.loc? is created and compared with those available at the repositories. ...> > Anybody any advice? > > Thanks > > > > > > ---- Original message ---- > Hi all, > I have an old package installed, say "abc". Now I made some changes to the > source, > and built a new version of the source code "abc_0.1.1.tar.gz". How can I update > the > old package to this newer version from the local tar.gz file? I was running the > following, but it did not work. > > setwd("directory where the tar.gz file locates") > > update.packages(repos=NULL,pkgs="abc_0.1.1.tar.gz",type="source") > > The code runs, but when I load library(abc) again, it is still the old version... > What > did I miss here? Thanks. > >> Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:55:44 +0100 >> From: Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> >> Subject: Re: [R] update packages from local >> To: "Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang" <actuaryzhang at uchicago.edu> >> Cc: David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>, r-help at r-project.org >> >> 1. Please quote the old threat, at least I do not keep old messages. >> 2. Try install.packages() from a freshly started R (that has not loaded >> the package in advance). >> 3. Since I am doing things in the shell for package development anyway, >> I tend to call package installation from the shell as well: >> >> R CMD INSTALL foo_x.y-z.tar.gz >> >> Uwe Ligges >> >> >> >> Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang wrote: >>> Thanks. But I after I restarted R, it is still the old version of the package that > is >>> loaded. Am I using the update.packages() correctly? >>> Regards, >>> Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list >>> 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. > Regards, > Wayne (Yanwei) Zhang > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > 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. >-- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595