{"id":163,"date":"2016-02-09T12:20:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T12:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ufes.br\/fabiomolinares\/?p=163"},"modified":"2016-02-09T13:06:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T13:06:35","slug":"how-to-update-r-software-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ufes.br\/fabiomolinares\/2016\/02\/09\/how-to-update-r-software-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to update R software in windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"gt-src-c\" class=\"g-unit\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"gt-res-c\" class=\"g-unit\">\n<div id=\"gt-res-p\">\n<div id=\"gt-res-data\">\n<div id=\"gt-res-wrap\">\n<div id=\"gt-res-content\" class=\"almost_half_cell\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps alt-edited\">Nowadays<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"hps\">the R software update<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">on Windows<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">is<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">not<\/span>\u00a0more a boring task<span class=\"hps\">.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0The R\u00a0can be easily updated with the &#8220;installr&#8221; package. Just follow these steps:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Install the package using\u00a0<strong>install.packages(&#8220;installr&#8221;)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Load package with\u00a0<strong>library(&#8220;installr&#8221;)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Use the function <strong>updateR()<\/strong>\u00a0to update!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>The dialog box will be opened to take you through the following steps:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>It checks for a newer version of R.<\/li>\n<li>If one exists, the function will download the most updated R version and run its installer.<\/li>\n<li>Once done, the function will offer to copy (or move) all of the packages from the old R library to the new R library.<\/li>\n<li>It will then offer to update the moved packages, offer to open the new Rgui, and lastely, it will quit the old R.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"share-buttons-box\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays,\u00a0the R software update on Windows is not\u00a0more a boring task.\u00a0The R\u00a0can be easily updated with the &#8220;installr&#8221; package. Just follow these steps: Install the package using\u00a0install.packages(&#8220;installr&#8221;) Load package with\u00a0library(&#8220;installr&#8221;) Use the function updateR()\u00a0to update! The dialog box will be opened to take you through the following steps: It checks for a newer version of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-r"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Fabio Fajardo","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.ufes.br\/fabiomolinares\/author\/fabio-molinares\/"},"uagb_comment_info":72,"uagb_excerpt":"Nowadays,\u00a0the R software update on Windows is not\u00a0more a boring task.\u00a0The R\u00a0can be easily updated with the &#8220;installr&#8221; package. 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