[R] Updating packages from one hard-drive to another, after upgrade of R

[ONKELINX, Thierry]

Bob,

You can copy the files from the packages to your new computer. Then run
update.packages(checkBuilt = TRUE).

That should do.

HTH,

Thierry


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Van: r-help-bounces op r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces op r-project.org]
Namens Bob Green
Verzonden: woensdag 5 maart 2008 15:07
Aan: r-help op r-project.org
Onderwerp: [R] Updating packages from one hard-drive to another,after
upgrade of R


The CPU on my computer 'died' and I have had to purchase a new 
computer. I have just installed v 2.6.2. My previous computer had v 
2.5.1 and a large number of files in the library folder. These files 
have been copied to a partition on my new hard drive, along with the 
old R installation.

Can I just copy all the folders/files in the old library to the new 
v2.6.2 library or do the packages need to be downloaded again? There 
are quite a number of folders so it would be time-consuming to have 
to do a fresh download.

Any assistance is appreciated,

Bob

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