remotes (version 1.1.0)

install_url: Install a package from a url

Description

This function is vectorised so you can install multiple packages in a single command.

Usage

install_url(url, subdir = NULL, ...)

Arguments

url

location of package on internet. The url should point to a zip file, a tar file or a bzipped/gzipped tar file.

subdir

subdirectory within url bundle that contains the R package.

...

Other arguments passed on to install.packages.

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
install_url("https://github.com/hadley/stringr/archive/master.zip")
# }

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