


R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics supported by the R Core Team and the R Foundation for Statistical Computing. When you switch versions, the system will ask if you want to save your workspace before restarting your session. The drop down menu will allow you to select the version of R you want to use. You can select different versions of R by selecting it from the drop down list at the top of the browser window. Once you’ve got the new version up and running, reload the saved packages and re-install them from CRAN.Install the new version of R and let it do it’s thing.Before you upgrade, build a temp file with all of your old packages.How do I update R without losing my packages? If updates are available, select All (or just tidyverse), and click Install Updates.

To update packages, go to Tools > Check for Package Updates. To install specific versions of R packages, specify this URL as the repository of your CRAN library ( AWS | Azure | GCP)when you create the library.From within RStudio, go to Help > Check for Updates to install newer version of RStudio (if available, optional). The snapshots are available at where is the date of the desired snapshot, for example. The Microsoft R Application Network maintains a CRAN Time Machine that stores a snapshot of CRAN every night. When you use the Libraries UI or API ( AWS | Azure | GCP) to install R packages on all the instances of a cluster, we recommend the third option.
