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authorJohannes Ranke <jranke@uni-bremen.de>2017-10-13 12:37:43 +0200
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### Installing gmkin and gWidgetsWWW2
-Windows and Linux users running R 3.1.0 or later can make use of the
-package repository on R-Forge. Before installing gmkin, you should update
+Windows and Linux users running R 3.1.0 or later can make use of my drat
+package repository on github. Before installing gmkin, you should update
your R packages already installed, e.g. by starting R, and pasting the
command
@@ -48,25 +48,23 @@ update.packages()
or similar, depending on your R installation.
For installing gmkin or upgrading to the latest released version, please
-use the command
+install the drat package
```s
-install.packages("gmkin", repos = c("http://r-forge.r-project.org", getOption("repos")))
+install.packages("drat")
```
-If you have not set your CRAN mirror yet, you may have to select one from the list that
-appears.
+add my repository
-The above command temporarily adds the R-Forge repository to your package
-sources. It should pull the gmkin package and its dependencies, notably the
-gWidgetsWWW2 package which is not available from the CRAN archive (see below).
-Mac users that have the necessary development files installed can probably
-install from the source files in this repository (not tested).
+```s
+drat::addRepo("jranke")
+```
+
+and install as usual
-In a previous version of this README I have described how to permanently add
-the R-Forge repository to your options. However, I noticed this has unwanted
-side effects, so I do not recommend it any longer. Therefore, you may want
-to revert such changes to your R startup options.
+```s
+install.packages("gmkin")
+```
The latest changes to gmkin are recorded in the
[NEWS](https://github.com/jranke/gmkin/blob/master/NEWS.md) file,

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