Windows 7: Installing multiple R packages via script

Question

I am trying to script the installation of R 2.15.1 on Windows 7. R installs just fine, but I cannot figure out how to install multiple packages from the same batch script (

Answer 1

The odesolve package is depreciated and has been replaced by deSolve. R 2.15.1 is throwing an error when encountering this package. It could be causing problems for you. Here's a script I use for installing packages for new R installs.

libs=c("CircStats","coda","deldir","gplots","igraph","ks","odesolve‌​","RandomFields")
type=getOption("pkgType")                           
    CheckInstallPackage <- function(packages, repos="http://cran.r-project.org",
       depend=c("Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo", "Suggests", "Enhances"), ...) {
         installed=as.data.frame(installed.packages())
    for(p in packages) {
        if(is.na(charmatch(p, installed[,1]))) { 
          install.packages(p, repos=repos, dependencies=depend, ...) 
                    }
      }
    } 
    CheckInstallPackage(packages=libs)