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<p class="MsoNormal">I need to keep my R installation up to date to make sure everything is working for my students who nmight download and run almost any version of R. Whenever a new version comes out I get a notice about it; this is usually in the form of
Tal Galili promoting his package that helps update R if required.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At some time in the past, the suggestion in the following post wasn’t easy enough for me to recommend as it wasn’t playing nicely with screen readers. I have tested it on an old desktop (Vista) at home this morning, and on Monday I will
do so again on my work desktop (Windows 7). I think we could offer feedback if anyone finds the process a problem.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">While I now think the suggestion is worth using, there is one extra command I will suggest you use first. I recommend ensuring that R avoids the “choose CRAN mirror” dialogue by setting it manually first. Use:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and then follow the instructions from the blog post below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let us know how you get on,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.r-statistics.com/2015/04/r-3-2-0-is-released-using-the-installr-package-to-upgrade-in-windows-os/"><span style="color:#000099">R-statistics blog » R</span></a></span></strong>, and kindly
contributed to <a href="http://www.r-bloggers.com/"><b><span style="color:#000099">R-bloggers)</span></b></a>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">R 3.2.0 (codename “Full of Ingredients”) was
<a href="http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/R-3-2-0-is-released-td4705933.html" target="_blank">
<b><span style="color:#000099">released yesterday</span></b></a>. You can get the latest binaries version
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://cran.rstudio.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000099">from here</span></a>.</span></strong> (or the .tar.gz <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">source</span></strong>
code from <a href="http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-3.2.0.tar.gz" target="_blank">
<b><span style="color:#000099">here</span></b></a>). The full list of new features and bug fixes is provided below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Upgrading to R 3.2.0 on Windows<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">you are using
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Windows </span></strong>you can easily upgrade to the latest version of R using
<a href="http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/installr/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#000099">the installr package</span></b></a>. Simply run the following code:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="color:forestgreen"># installing/loading the latest installr package:</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><b><span style="color:blue">install.packages</span></b><span style="color:#008800">(</span><span style="color:red">"installr"</span><span style="color:#008800">);</span> <b><span style="color:blue">library</span></b><span style="color:#008800">(</span>installr<span style="color:#008800">)</span> <span style="color:forestgreen">#load / install+load installr</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>updateR<span style="color:#008800">()</span> <span style="color:forestgreen"># updating R.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Running “updateR()” will detect if there is a new R version available, and if so it will download+install it (etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I try to keep the installr package updated and useful, so if you have any suggestions or remarks on the package – you are invited to
leave a comment below.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CHANGES IN R 3.2.0:<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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