Using R to Install Stuff on Windows OS (Such As: R, 'Rtools', 'RStudio', 'Git', and More!)
Remove a code line from Rprofile.site .First
Rename files' extensions in a folder from .r to .R
Loading Packages (and Installing them if they are missing)
Restart RGui from RGui
Remove installr from startup
Read R Code from a File in an https URL
Returns the search path for executable files
Turns a vector of version-numbers back to version-character
Turns version to number (for a vector of values)
Turns version to number (for 1 value only)
uninstalls (removes) Installed Packages
Uninstall an R version
Performs "up-level" on a folder string
Checks for the latest R version, and if there is a newer version of R ...
Converts xls(x) to csv using VB
Adds a menu based GUI for updating R within Rgui
Add menu item for having installr load on startup
Add menu item for having installr NOT load on startup
Add a code line to Rprofile.site .First
Asks the user for a row number from a data.frame table
Asks the user for one yes/no question.
barplot for the number of users installation of a package
See the NEWS file for the latest R release
Checks if there is a newer version of R
Check if a number is integer
Check and Create MD5 Checksum Files
Copies all packages from one library folder to another
Measures the speed of downloading from different CRAN mirrors
Creates a global library folder
Download RStudio CRAN mirror data files into a folder
Access tag elements from R's Rd file
Extract the file name from some URL
Format the RStudio CRAN mirror data into the data.table format
Geolocate IP addresses in R
Returns folder names with R installations
Fetches latest R version from CRAN
Find the pid of a process by name
Get the running "Rscript" processes PID
Get the running processes in windows task manager
Downloads and installs 7-Zip for windows
Downloads and installs CMake for windows
Downloads and installs miniconda
Downloads and installs Cygwin for windows
Downloads and installs FFmpeg for windows
Downloads and installs git and git-gui for windows
Downloads and installs GitHub for windows
Downloads and installs GraphicsMagick for windows
Downloads and installs ImageMagick for windows
Downloads and installs Inno Setup
Install Java - downloads and set path openjdk
Downloads and installs LaTeX2RTF for windows
Downloads and installs LyX for windows
Downloads and installs MikTeX for windows
Downloads and installs nodejs LTS or Current
Downloads and installs Notepad++ for windows
Downloads and installs NppToR for windows
Downloads and installs a ZIP R package Binary (for Windows) from a URL
Downloads and installs pandoc
Downloads and installs python 2 or 3
Downloads and installs the latest R version
Downloads and installs the latest Rdevel version
Downloads and installs RStudio for windows
Downloads and installs Rtools
Downloads and installs SWFTools for windows
Downloads and installs Texmaker for windows
Downloads and runs a .exe installer file for some software from a URL
Using R to Install Stuff (Such As: R, Rtools, RStudio, Git, and More!)
Installing software from R
Checks if an object is empty (e.g: of zero length)
Checks if some .exe is available in on the Windows machine search PATH
Checks if the R session is running within Rgui (Windows OS)
Checks if the R session is running within RStudio
Checks if the running OS is windows
Checks if the running OS is x64
Remove a code line from Rprofile.site .First
kill (i.e.: stop) all running "Rscript" processes
kill (i.e.: stop) running processes by there pid
kill (i.e.: stop) running processes by there process name
barplot for the number of users installation of a package
Have the installr package load on startup
Most downloaded packages
What is my IP
Hibernate the operating system (Windows) through a shell command
Locks the operating system (Windows) through a shell command
Gives managing option to the current OS (shutdown, restart, sleep, hib...
Restarts the operating system (Windows) through a shell command
Shut down the operating system with the command `shutdown'
Sleeps the operating system (Windows) through a shell command
Access (and clean) author elements from R's Rd file
Worldmap colored by the number of downloads for a given package
Get the version of the R installed in a folder
Reads RStudio CRAN mirror data files from a folder
Removes the menu based GUI for updating R within Rgui
R is great for installing software. Through the 'installr' package you can automate the updating of R (on Windows, using updateR()) and install new software. Software installation is initiated through a GUI (just run installr()), or through functions such as: install.Rtools(), install.pandoc(), install.git(), and many more. The updateR() command performs the following: finding the latest R version, downloading it, running the installer, deleting the installation file, copy and updating old packages to the new R installation.
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