R programming

Install a new package to your computer

Method 1: Install from source

Download the add-on R package, say mypkg, and type the following command in Unix console to install it to /my/own/R-packages/:

$ R CMD INSTALL mypkg -l /my/own/R-packages/

Method 2: Install from CRAN directly

Type the following command in R console to install it to /my/own/R-packages/ directly from CRAN:

> install.packages("mypkg", lib="/my/own/R-packages/")

Load the library

Type the following command in R console to load the package

> library("mypkg", lib.loc="/my/own/R-packages/")