Fetches the latest (development!) R version

install.Rdevel(
  exe_URL = "https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/base/R-devel-win.exe",
  ...
)

Arguments

exe_URL

A character with a link to an installer file (with the .exe file extension)

...

extra parameters to pass to install.URL

Value

TRUE/FALSE - was the installation of R successful or not.

Details

This is a development version of R. It likely contains bugs, so be careful if you use it. Please don't report bugs in this version through the usual R bug reporting system, please report them on the r-devel mailing list ---but only if they persist for a few days.

References

https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html

See also

Examples

if (FALSE) { install.Rdevel() }