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Install a list of packages
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install_packages.R
common_packages <- c('batch','data.table','plyr','sqldf')
## adjust as necessary, see help('download.packages')
repos <- "http://cran.rstudio.com"
## this makes sense on Debian where no packages touch /usr/local
lib.loc <- "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/"
## install packages
sapply(common_packages, function (pkg) install.packages(pkg, lib.loc, repos))
## clean up any temp file
sapply(strsplit(list.files(path='/tmp', pattern="^Rtmp.*$", full.names=TRUE), " "), function (f) unlink(f, force=TRUE))
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