Update all packages from GitHub

Question

I know you can install packages from CRAN with this syntax:

install.packages(c(\"Rcpp\"), dependencies=TRUE)

You can update all of them from CR

Answer 1

2019 update:

The function update_packages() from the package remotes (one of the "offspring" of devtools) now does a great job at updating packages from CRAN, GitHub, etc.

You might want to set some environment variables to make it work smoothly for you. The README of the package on GitHub gives their list. In my case, this is what I have:

R_REMOTES_UPGRADE=always
R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS=true
GITHUB_PAT=

Once set, all you have to do is:

remotes::update_packages()

to update all your packages.