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How to download an R package and all its dependecies for windows
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download_windows_binaries.R
getPackages <- function(packs){
packages <- unlist(
tools::package_dependencies(packs, available.packages(),
which=c("Depends", "Imports"), recursive=TRUE)
)
packages <- union(packs, packages)
packages
}
packages <- getPackages(c("ggplot2", "MASS"))
download.packages(packages, destdir="PATH/TO/DOWNLOAD/LOCATION",
type="win.binary")
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