#Update r from rstudio install
#Update r from rstudio update

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) :Įrror in file(con, 'r') : cannot open the connection If you get either of the following errors from some commands: Error in download.file(URL, destfile =. Installr() # user can easily select (via a GUI interface) a software to install.

#Update r from rstudio install

Or install a new software simply by running: library('installr') # updateR(TRUE) # this will use common defaults and will be the safest/fastest option UpdateR() # this will open dialog boxes to take you through the steps. Or, if you mean updating RStudio without updating R, then you just have to download the new RStudio installer and it should work as long as your R version is at least R 3.3.0 (for the latest RStudio version).

#Update r from rstudio update

If you are using the Rgui, you will see a new menu added on your top right (just by 'help'), giving you the option to update R, or install new software.įor command line use you can update R by running: if(!require('installr')) install.packages('installr') Having said that, the installr package has the updateR () function to automate the R update process on Windows systems. Remotes::install_github('talgalili/installr') Usage To install the latest installr version from GitHub use: if (!require('remotes')) install.packages('remotes') # make sure you have Rtools installed first! if not, then run: To install the stable version on CRAN: install.packages('installr') All of these steps are automatically done using functions in this package.

While for Linux users, the installation process of new software may be just running a short line of code, for the regular Windows user it often includes browsing online, finding the latest version, downloading it, running the installer, and deleting the installation file.

To make it as easy as possible to install all of the needed software for R development (such as git, RTools, etc), as well as for reproducible research using R (such as MikTeX, pandoc, etc).

To make updating R (on windows) as easy as running a function.

The installr package offers a set of R functions for the installation and updating of software (currently, only on Windows OS), with a special focus on R itself.