[R-sig-ME] Install flexlambda- and master-lme4 from Github

[Ben Bolker]

Christian Brauner <christianvanbrauner at ...> writes:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> is it possible to install the flexlambda and master branch of lme4 at the
> same time:
> 
> library(devtools)
> install_github("lme4", "lme4")
> install_github("lme4", "flexlambda")
> 
> such that I can load them as different packages.
> (Obviously not both at the
> same time but for example in two different sessions; using "lme4" in one
> and "flexlambda" in the other)?
> 

  
  devtools::dev_mode() might be useful (I haven't used it),
or install the packages to different libraries and specify
`lib.loc` when loading ... or clone the package to your system
and hack the DESCRIPTION file to create two different packages
with different names ...