From 1fb1ab5f44e13069cc8d17433391465d33aaf8a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ldecicco <ldecicco@usgs.gov>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:07:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Updated installation instructions.
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README.md | 19 +------------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 18 deletions(-)
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@@ -50,20 +50,8 @@ While the dataRetreival package is in development (and not on CRAN), the followi
To install the EGRET package:
-Include the full path to EGRET_1.2.3.tar.gz to install the package (here is a Windows example, note the direction of the slashes -> /, this is backwards from how Windows typically defines a path ):
-
install.packages("zoo")
- install.packages("C:/RPackages/Statistics/dataRetrieval_1.2.1.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")
-
-A Mac example:
-
- install.packages("/Users/userA/RPackages/Statistic/dataRetrieval_1.2.1.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")
-
-Another easy way to find and install a package, simply use:
-
- install.packages(file.choose(), repos=NULL, type="source")
-
-And a window will open allowing you to browse to the package.
+ install.packages("dataRetrieval", repos="http://usgs-r.github.com/EGRET/", type="source")
### Note on updating versions:
Some users have found it necessary to delete the package folders before installing newer versions of either dataRetrieval or EGRET. If you are experiencing an issue after updating a package, trying deleting the package folder, the default location for Windows is something like this:
@@ -72,11 +60,6 @@ the default for a Mac:
/Users/ldecicco/Library/R/2.15/library/dataRetrieval
Then, re-install the package using the directions above. Moving to CRAN should solve this problem.
-If you are an experienced R developer, with the devtools package and all associated LaTeX tools installed, the following command will install the working version of the dataRetrieval package directly from gitHub:
-
- library(devtools)
- install_github("dataRetrieval", "USGS-R")
-
Stable releases are archived on the packageBuild branch of this repository: [https://github.com/USGS-R/dataRetrieval/tree/packageBuilds](https://github.com/USGS-R/dataRetrieval/tree/packageBuilds)
Background Information
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GitLab