How To Install The Latest R Binary Packages From This Site

This site provides the latest binary versions of packages by Frank Harrell. Installling packages from here allows you in some cases to obtain versions that are newer than what is in CRAN.

If you have not installed the package you are interested in before, first install the current version from CRAN so that all the dependencies will be resolved. For this use an RStudio menu or run for example install.packages('Hmisc', dependencies=TRUE).

For Windows and Mac binary packages, examine the file directory and take note of mac or win in the file names.

Linux Binary Packages

For Hmisc, rms, rmsb, and qreport these are only available on CRAN.

• Download packagename-linux.tar.gz
• sudo R CMD INSTALL packagename-linux.tar.gz
• You may be able to run install.packages('https://hbiostat.org/R/bin/packagename-linux.tar.gz', repos=NULL)

Windows Binary Packages

• install.packages('https://hbiostat.org/R/bin/packagename-win.zip', repos=NULL)

Mac arm64 Packages

This is for post-2020 Mac hardware only

cd /tmp
wget https://hbiostat.org/R/bin/packagename-mac.tgz
sudo R CMD INSTALL packagename-mac.tgz