Installation options for packages

Use the function install.packages() to install packages to use in TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R either in the stand-alone console, or in Spotfire. You can find packages in a variety of locations, including repositories, on reliable web sites, or stored locally. See the TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R help topic for install.packages() for more detail and examples.

Package Location	Description	Example
TERR Archive Network (TRAN) repository	The default location, https://tran.tibco.com, for installing packages using `install.packages()`. Used for packages that have been customized to work specifically with TERR. Requires no further arguments.	# install rJava package from TRAN: install.packages("rJava")
Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) repository	The secondary location for installing packages using `install.packages()`. Requires no further arguments.	# install rpart package from CRAN: install.packages("survival")
Locally-available packages	If a trusted source gives you a package as a zip archive, you can put in on your computer and install it using `install.packages()`.	# install local newtree package # from a zip file in the working directory: install.packages("newtree_1.2.zip")
Trusted URL	If you are given a URL that contains a package you might want to use, and you trust the URL, you can pass the URL as the only argument to `install.packages()`	#download from a custom URL and install # a custom package URL <- "https://mypackageurl/mypackage") install.packages(URL)

To get more information about the packages on TRAN, run the following code in TERR:

ap <- available.packages(contrib.url(getOption("repos")[1],
    getOption("pkgType")))
# to print the entire matrix
ap
# to print just the package names
row.names(ap)