Add script for installing R packages

kgryte · kgryte · commit 329567cf27ab · 2017-05-20T22:49:12.000-07:00
diff --git a/tools/scripts/install_r_pkgs.R b/tools/scripts/install_r_pkgs.R
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+#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
+#
+# Installs R packages.
+#
+# The script is called with one or more arguments, where each argument is a
+# package name to install.
+
+# Get only the trailing command-line arguments:
+args <- commandArgs( trailingOnly = TRUE );
+
+# Check that at least one package name has been provided...
+n <- length( args );
+if ( n == 0 ) {
+	stop( "Must provide at least one package to install.", call. = FALSE );
+}
+# Install each package...
+for ( i in 1:n ) {
+	install.packages( args[ i ], repos = "http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/" );
+}
