setRepositories            package:utils            R Documentation

_S_e_l_e_c_t _P_a_c_k_a_g_e _R_e_p_o_s_i_t_o_r_i_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Interact with the user to choose the package repositories to be
     used.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     setRepositories(graphics = getOption("menu.graphics"), ind = NULL)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

graphics: Logical. If true and 'tcltk' and an X server are available,
          use a Tk widget, or if under the AQUA interface use a MacOS X
          widget, otherwise use a text list in the console.

     ind: 'NULL' or a vector of integer indices, which have the same
          effect as if they were entered at the prompt for
          'graphics=FALSE'.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     The default list of known repositories is stored in the file
     'R_HOME/etc/repositories'. That file can be edited for a site, or
     a user can have a personal copy in 'HOME/.R/repositories' which
     will take precedence.

     The items that are preselected are those that are currently in
     'options("repos")' plus those marked as default in the list of
     known repositories.

     This function requires the R session to be interactive unless
     'ind' is supplied.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     This function is invoked mainly for its side effect of updating
     'options("repos")'.  It returns (invisibly) the previous 'repos'
     options setting (as a 'list' with component 'repos') or 'NULL' if
     no changes were applied.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'chooseCRANmirror', 'install.packages'.

