[R] Windows-GUI: "Install Packages from local zip files" and dependencies

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Johannes Graumann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When using the "Packages --> Install packages from local zip files" menu
> item in the windows-gui:
> 1) is that supposed to automatically pull in dependencies (in that case I
> have to fix something in my package).

No (and ?install.packages tells you so).

> 2) If that's not the default: is there a way to make it so?

No.  There is no information available on dependencies unless you set up a 
local repository.  If you want the benfits of a repository, just use a 
repository.

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