install_eikon: Check if Conda exists, if not instals miniconda, add the...

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Check if Conda exists, if not instals miniconda, add the python eikon module to the python environment r-eikon

Description

This function can also be used to update the required python packages so that you can always use the latest version of the pyhton packages numpy and eikon. For a pure reinstall of miniconda and the refinitiv python libraries set set reset = TRUE and update = FALSE

Usage

install_eikon(
  method = "conda",
  conda = "auto",
  envname = "r-eikon",
  update = TRUE,
  reset = FALSE,
  restart_session = TRUE
)

Arguments

method	Installation method. By default, "auto" automatically finds a method that will work in the local environment. Change the default to force a specific installation method. Note that the "virtualenv" method is not available on Windows.
conda	The path to a conda executable. Use "auto" to allow reticulate to automatically find an appropriate conda binary. See Finding Conda in the reticulate package for more details
envname	the name for the conda environment that will be used, default r-eikon. Don't Change!
update	boolean, allow to rerun the command to update the miniconda environment and the packages required to update the python packages numpy,eikon, and refinitiv dataplatform defaults to TRUE
reset	boolean, this will remove the miniconda r-eikon environment and reinstall miniconda, the conda environment and relevant packages.
restart_session	boolean, Restart R session after installing (note this will only occur within RStudio).

Value

None

Examples

## Not run: 
install_eikon()

## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
# when you get the error the refinitiv library cannot
# be found anymore or errors during installation:
install_eikon(update = FALSE, reset = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

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