To install the latest installr version from GitHub use: if (! require( 'devtools')) install.packages( 'devtools') require( 'devtools') 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.
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