install.Rdevel: Downloads and installs the latest Rdevel version

In installr: Using R to Install Stuff on Windows OS (Such As: R, 'Rtools', 'RStudio', 'Git', and More!)

Downloads and installs the latest Rdevel version

Description

Fetches the latest (development!) R version

Usage

install.Rdevel(
  exe_URL = "https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/base/R-devel-win.exe",
  ...
)

Arguments

exe_URL	A character with a link to an installer file (with the .exe file extension)
...	extra parameters to pass to install.URL

Details

This is a development version of R. It likely contains bugs, so be careful if you use it. Please don't report bugs in this version through the usual R bug reporting system, please report them on the r-devel mailing list —but only if they persist for a few days.

Value

TRUE/FALSE - was the installation of R successful or not.

References

https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html

See Also

install.R, updateR

Examples

## Not run: 
install.Rdevel() 

## End(Not run)

installr documentation built on Nov. 13, 2022, 1:06 a.m.