chooseCRANmirror {utils}R Documentation

Select a CRAN Mirror

Description

Interact with the user to choose a CRAN mirror.

Usage

chooseCRANmirror(graphics = getOption("menu.graphics"))

Arguments

graphics Logical. If true use a Windows list box, otherwise use menu.

Details

A list of mirrors is stored in file ‘R_HOME/doc/CRAN_mirrors.csv’, but first an on-line list of current mirrors is consulted, and the file copy used only if the on-line list is inaccessible.

This function was originally written to support a Windows GUI menu item, but is also called by contrib.url if it finds the initial dummy value of options("repos").

Value

None. This function is invoked for its side effect of updating options("repos")

See Also

setRepositories, contrib.url.


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