install.packages.zip.Rd

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\name{install.packages.zip}
\alias{install.packages.zip}
\title{Downloads and installs a ZIP R package Binary (for Windows) from a URL}
\usage{
install.packages.zip(zip_URL)
}
\arguments{
  \item{zip_URL}{a link to a ZIP R package Binary.}
}
\value{
Invisible NULL
}
\description{
Gets a character with a link to an R package Binary,
downloads it, and installs it.
}
\details{
To my knowledge, there is currently three ways to install
packages on R: 1. To get the package through a repository
(such as CRAN or RForge) through install.packages. 2. To
manually download a ZIP file locally to the computer, and
use install.packages on it. 3. To get the package from
github, by using devtools (but this will require you to
first install RTools, and not everyone wishes to do it for
just some package). This function aims to combine option 1
and 2, by automatically downloading the ZIP file locally
and then running install.packages on it. After being
downloaded and installed, the binary is erased from the
computer.
}
\examples{
\dontrun{
install.packages.zip("http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/r-release/devtools_1.1.zip")
}
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{install.packages}},
\code{\link[R.utils]{installPackages}}
}