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Tejas Kale

2012-May-31 14:18 UTC

[R] Silencing the output of install.packages()

Hello!

Is there a way to suppress the output of 'install.packages()'? I have
seen that the 'download.file' function has a 'quiet' option but
I do
not know how to use it.

Thanks for your help

Tejas Kale
IUCAA, Pune

Uwe Ligges

2012-May-31 14:30 UTC

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[R] Silencing the output of install.packages()

On 31.05.2012 16:18, Tejas Kale wrote:> Hello!
>
> Is there a way to suppress the output of 'install.packages()'? I
have
> seen that the 'download.file' function has a 'quiet' option
but I do
> not know how to use it.
I do not see any good reason to allow that. A user shoudl see if 
software is being installed.

Uwe ligges


> Thanks for your help
>
> Tejas Kale
> IUCAA, Pune
>
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