Install Binary Package in a Tar Format — tar_package_install • macrtools

The use of sudo is required to unpack the binary file into the low-level system area.

Usage

tar_package_install(
  path_to_tar,
  install_directory,
  strip_levels,
  sudo = TRUE,
  password = NULL,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

path_to_tar: Location of where the tar file is
install_directory: Location of where to unpack or extract the tar file.
strip_levels: Remove nesting inside of the tar file
sudo: Run the command as root through sudo. Default TRUE
password: User password to use to enter sudo mode.
verbose: Display status messages

Details

Unpacks the Tar package and places it into a system library