[R] downloading packages at local disk

[John Fox]

Dear Rodrigo,

I'm going to assume from your description that you're using a Windows OS. In
that case, you can download Windows binary packages for the current version
of R from the packages' pages on CRAN (e.g.,
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/car/index.html for the car package --
note, BTW, lower-case car not CAR) or from
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/ (or from the
corresponding locations on a CRAN mirror).  Once downloaded, you can install
from the "Packages -> Install package(s) from local zip files" menu.

The mass and boot packages are part of the standard R distribution and don't
have to be downloaded or installed separately.

I hope this helps,
 John

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John Fox, Professor
Department of Sociology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
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> Behalf Of Rodrigo Briceño
> Sent: May-05-08 5:13 PM
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] downloading packages at local disk
> 
> Hi again R users. I was reviewing the manual of R about how to install
> packages using the GUI and it's corresponding menu packages. My
> question is how to download a specific set of packages in order to
> install them in a computer that doesn't have internet access. Is there
> a web page where I can search those packages? Basically I'm trying to
> copy in a flash drive the packages MASS, BOOT and CAR.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Rodrigo Briceño
> 
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