Keeping up to date
Semi-regularly, we release a new major (v5.1 → v6.0) or minor (v6.0 → v6.1) version of DataSHIELD. In these updates, the functionality, stability and test coverage improves, and is worth using over the previous version. Please use these simple instructions to quickly and easily get back up to date whenever you see on our forums or our twitter that we’ve made a new release.
How to update packages
Open R, RStudio, RGui or whichever R client you are running
To update all packages in R (adviseable)
# R
> update.packages()
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to update only the DataSHIELD dsBaseClient package :
# R
> update.packages(repos=c(getOption('repos'), 'http://cran.obiba.org'))
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Comments
Nov 5, 2020
@Stuart Wheater I just answered a user support question on email and realised it might be worth having a specific, easy to use space to point to for users who have installed DataSHIELD a while a go (say, v5.1) and need to update to the latest version. Will try to fill this out tomorrow, but may need assistance on the terminal method! Cheers.