R/package.install.r

In Beothuk/bio.utilities: Package that interacts with bio providing base-level generic routines to make your life easier.

#' @title package.install
#' @description To update/install useful packages.  if there are problems, use a direct download from R-forge:install.packages("foo", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
#' @family abysmally documented
#' @author unknown, \email{<unknown>@@dfo-mpo.gc.ca}
#' @export
	package.install = function( X="all", override=F ) {

		toinstall = package.list( X=X )
			ii = 1:nrow(toinstall)
			for (p in ii) try( install.packages ( toinstall$pkgs[p], repos=toinstall$repos[p], dependencies=T ) )

	}