install_rtutor.r

# Install required packages for RTutor from CRAN and Github
# Run this code if you want to install RTutor problem sets on shinyapps.io
# Otherwise you can more easily install RTutor via 
# install.packages("RTutor",repos = c("https://skranz-repo.github.io/drat/",getOption("repos")))

install.rtutor = function(update.cran=FALSE, update.github=TRUE, lib=.libPaths()[1], upgrade="never", force=TRUE,...) {
  
  cat("\nInstall required packages from CRAN...")
  
  # Avoid devtools::install_github warnings converted to errors
  # See https://remotes.r-lib.org/#environment-variables
  Sys.setenv(R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS="true")
  
  pkgs = c("withr","devtools","whisker","stringr","jsonlite","data.table","markdown","DT","dplyr","shiny","shinyBS","hwriter","lmtest","texreg","RCurl", "memoise","shinyAce","restorepoint")
  for (pkg in pkgs) {
    if (!update.cran) {
      if (!require(pkg, character.only=TRUE) | update.cran)
        try(install.packages(pkg,lib=lib))
    } else {
      try(detach(paste0("package:",pkg), character.only=TRUE, force=TRUE), silent=TRUE)
      try(install.packages(pkg,lib=lib))  
    }
  }

  cat("\nInstall required packages from Github...")

  # Install packages from Github
  repos = c(
    "skranz/stringtools",
    "skranz/shinyEvents",
    "skranz/dplyrExtras",
    "skranz/regtools",
    "skranz/RTutor"
  )
  library(withr)
  for (repo in repos) {
    pkg = strsplit(repo,"/", fixed=TRUE)[[1]][2]
    if (!update.github) {
      if (!require(pkg, character.only=TRUE) | overwrite.github)
        try(with_libpaths(new = lib, devtools::install_github(repo=repo, upgrade=upgrade,...)))
    } else {
      try(detach(paste0("package:",pkg), character.only=TRUE,force=TRUE), silent=TRUE)
      try(with_libpaths(new = lib, devtools::install_github(repo=repo, upgrade=upgrade, force=force,...)))
    }
  }
  library(RTutor)
}

# install.rtutor()

Sorry, somehow I did not get a notification that there was a comment. Today, I just looked for another reason at the gist and saw it. You are of course completely, right: one time "memoise" is of course enough. I have updated the gist. Thanks a lot!