install.R: Downloads and installs the latest R version
Description
Fetches the latest (not development!) R version
Usage
install.R(page_with_download_url = "http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/base/",
pat = "R-[0-9.]+-win.exe", to_checkMD5sums = TRUE, ...)
Arguments
page_with_download_url
URL from which the latest
stable version of R can be downloaded from.
pat
the pattern of R .exe file to download
to_checkMD5sums
Should we check that the new R
installation has the files we expect it to (by checking
the MD5 sums)? default is TRUE. It assumes that the R
which was isntalled is the latest R version.
TRUE/FALSE - was the installation of R successful or not.
Details
If you are not sure if you need to update R or not, It is
better to use updateR for updating R, since it includes
more options. But in case you wish to only install R, with
no other steps taken (for example, taking care of your old
packages), then you can use install.R()
See the install.Rdevel function for installing the
latest R-devel version.