[R] Installation of all packages under Unix

[Paul Hiemstra]

nboehme at uni-potsdam.de schreef:
> Dear List-Members,
>
> does anyone know a simple way to automatically install all R packages 
> on a unix system to the default library path? Not from inside R, it 
> should rather work as a shell script - job at startup.
>
> Something like R cmd install -l pkgs ### where pkgs should mean all 
> packages (is there an option to control overwriting?)
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> N. Boehme
>
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Hi,

To get a lot of packages (not all), install the "ctv" package (Cran Task 
Views) and run:

library(ctv)
install.views(available.views())

This will install all the packages that are part of a Cran Task View, a 
sizeable amount.

A question: why would you want to install all R pacakges. It is not very 
likely that you are going to use them all.

cheers,
Paul

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