A hidden Rscript process will run in the background and update the packages Step 15: while the packages are updated, you will need to wait. Step 14: if you have a firewall, R may ask to get access to the internet Step 13: you may press “Yes” to get update packages in the new R installation Step 12: you can also have Rprofile.site be copied automatically to the new location Step 11: wait while the packages get copied Step 10: to keep package in your old R folder, press “Yes” (this is safest) Step 9: Press “Yes” to copy your packages to the new R installation (press No, if you intend to use the “ global R library folder” strategy) Step 7: press “next” in R’s installation wizard Step 5: if you want to download and install the latest R version, press “Yes” Step 4: if you wish to check the NEWS of the new R version – click “Yes” and a browser window will open up with this information Step 3: installr will check and detect that there is a new version of R for you – click “OK” Step 2: pick “update R” from the new “installr” menu Install.packages('installr') # install installr Step 1: load installr # installing/loading the latest installr package: Starting from installr version 0.15.0, the upgradingprocess can be done with a click-on-menus GUI interface. just press “next”, “OK”, and “Yes” on everything… A GUI interface to updating R on Windows Running “updateR()” will detect if there is a new R version available, and if so it will download+install it (etc.). Install.packages('installr') library(installr) # install+load installr

Simply run the following code: # installing/loading the latest installr package:

If you are running R on Windows you can easily upgrade to the latest version of R using the installr package.

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