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

[Tobias Heed]

Dear Christian,

I think the package manager packrat (implemented also in the project functionality of the RStudio beta that came out this monday) would enable you to do what you need.

Best, Tobias 



> On 24.07.2014, at 06:14, Ben Bolker <bbolker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 ...
> 
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