====== Install an external program within R ====== This is an example to download and install an external program / software within R. dotRcheck <- function(){ #Check for audiolyzR installation directory<-getwd() if (.Platform$OS.type=="windows"){ ANSWER <- readline("Do you want to install Graphviz for path diagram generation? \nType y or n\n") if (substr(ANSWER,1,1)=="y"){ tmpdir <- getwd() destfile<-paste(tmpdir, "graphviz-2.30.1.msi", sep="/") download.file("http://www.graphviz.org/pub/graphviz/stable/windows/graphviz-2.30.1.msi", destfile=destfile) shell(paste("msiexec /a ",destfile)) } } } {{tag>}} ~~LINKBACK~~ ~~DISCUSSION~~