Installing a local package that's not a .tar.gz

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I'm working on a script that creates a package in the current directory (using pdInfoBuilder from BioConductor), and I'd like to install it while the script is running. install.packages() with repo=NULL seems like an obvious choice, but this seems to only except package directories tarballed and gzipped. Is there a way I can override this, since the create.pkg() function doesn't create a *.tar.gz? Currently I am using:

R CMD INSTALL package.name

Thanks, Vince

Looking through the install.packages() code, all it seems to do is run R CMD INSTALL using a system() call in a user friendly way - — Aaron Statham, Oct 06 '09 at 08:07

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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If it's a source file, then use install.packages() and set the repos=NULL:

install.packages(file_name_and_path, repos = NULL, type="source")

See this related question: How do I install an R package from source?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Oct 06 '09 at 11:21

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Worked perfectly - thanks Shane. I missed this in the documentation somehow. – Vince Oct 06 '09 at 15:15

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '09 at 13:09

If it isn't a .tgz, is it in full directory form? All you have to do is R CMD INSTALL dirname and it'll work. The install.packages() function's only real advantage over a raw R CMD INSTALL is that it will do all the downloading, dependency matching, etc for you.

Installing a local package that's not a .tar.gz

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