Summary: After a brief delay here's episode 5 of the R-Podcast. In this episode: R 2.15.0 released, listener feedback, and discussion on basic package management. I discuss helpful resources for finding packages, installation procedures, and how to determine what packages are installed in your R system, among other considerations. If you are interested in providing a listener tip about R in audio format, please call the voicemail hotline at +1-269-849-9780 or record a short mp3 or ogg audio clip and send it to theRcast(at)gmail.com . Hope you enjoy the episode! The following resources are mentioned in this episode: R version 2.15.0 release notes: http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/NEWS.html "R Fell on Alabama Last Night" presentation by Kent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8d54ThS37Q R script used in this episode: https://github.com/thercast/package_admin/blob/master/basic-package-management.R R packages included by default: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-FAQ.html#Which-add_002don-packages-exist-for-R_003f CRAN Task Views: http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/ R-Forge: https://r-forge.r-project.org RSeek: http://www.rseek.org Crantastic: http://www.crantastic.org unknownR R package list: http://unknownr.r-forge.r-project.org/toppkgs.html Rtools: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools R Administration Manual-Updating packages: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Updating-packages Upgrading R on Windows and updating packages: http://www.r-statistics.com/2010/04/changing-your-r-upgrading-strategy-and-the-r-code-to-do-it-on-windows/ UCLA R FAQ on managing packages: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/r/faq/packages.htm Theme music provided by WillRock from the Return All Robots Remix Album at ocremix.org The Closing theme is entitled Crysis Crystal and provided by K-wix from the Mega Man 9: Back in Blue album at ocremix.org Episode 5 Time Stamps 00:00 The R-Podcast #005 Basic Package Management 00:32 Introduction 01:06 R 2.15.0 "Easter Beagle" released 02:01 Listener Feedback 09:02 What is a package? 12:00 Libraries 13:33 What packages do you have? 19:36 Finding packages 33:26 Installing packages 46:12 Using packages 51:08 Updating packages 58:12 Wrapping up: subscribe to the podcast, theRcast(at)gmail.com, + 1-269-849-9780 61:14 End
