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updater (version 0.2.0.9000)

updateR: Downloads and installs the latest version of R for Mac OS X.

Description

Update your version of R from inside R itself (Mac OS X only).

Usage

updateR(auto = TRUE, .Rprofile = NULL)

Arguments

auto

Do you want to check for new updates upon firing an R session?

.Rprofile

the path for .Rprofile if it exists in other than ~/.Rprofile

Details

Automatic update checks are implemented via creating or updating .Rprofile file. Every time when updateR is loaded in R, it will check whether new updates are available. A message will be prompted to user if positive.

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
## NOT RUN
updateR()
## END NOT RUN
# }

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